Mothage

Blotched Emerald

Bird's Wing

Rosy Footman

Privet Hawkmoth

Wednesday's moths

Meet the hawkmoths! Left to right: Pine, Elephant, Eyed and Poplar

True Lover's Knot

Green Silver-lines

Nice to catch a green moth

Peppered Moth

Shears

Full moth list follows, if you enjoy that kind of thing...

Monster from the deep

Spotted a Southern Hawker emerging from one of the ponds, and - very conveniently - its exuvia nearby. So now I've got a definite comparison with what I'm now confident are Emperor exuvia I collected a couple of summers ago.

Though the hawker looked well on the way to its maiden flight at lunchtime, it was still sitting there when I walked past after work...

Nice morning for my Breeding Bird Survey

A small dinosaur

Mouse in the bathroom...

Flowers before the rain

 

photos taken with iPhone 4S

Who lives in the roof?

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

Suburban birds

I spent the Jubilee weekend and bank holidays at my parents' house while they were away enjoying themselves in France. Eventually it stopped raining and I did a bit of ringing...

Collared Dove

It's pretty difficult to catch Collared Doves in mist nets; being a bigger and faster-flying bird, they tend to bounce out easily or can wriggle their way to freedom. So I was lucky to get my hands on this male.

Male House Sparrow

Juvenile Starling

Adult male Starling

Goldfinch

Juvenile Dunnock

Moulting adult Blue Tit