Common Blue

Common Blue male Oxenhope Watchpoint (c) Dave B 2008

Commom Blue female Oxenhope Watchpoint (c) Dave B 2008

Dave

Froghopper

Speckled Wood

Speckled Wood, Bilberry Banks (c) Dave B 2008

Dave

Light Emerald

A 'new' moth for me.......a Light Emerald from last night's actinic moth trapping session in my front garden.

Common Blue Damselfly

Went up to John O' Gaunts reservoir yesterday, not a lot doing on the bird front, a very pleasant location though, I've not been before. In the absence of birds to photograph I shot a few landscapes and some attempts at Damselflies. The attached shots, I think I'm right in saying are of Common Blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum). Very similar to the Azure damselfly but can be separated by the markings on the second abdominal segment ( males only). On the Common Blue the mark is shaped like a black club, on the Azure, the mark is like a black U. You can just see that mark on the photograph of the male and female together.

Stephen.

Marbled Minor agg.

Ribband Wave - M Doveston

Bumblebees!

Bombus sp on Birds Foot Trefoil (c) DCB 2008

A very welcome email from Tom Hubball confirms the bombus species is B. lucorum (White-tailed Bumblebee).......

Very many thanks Tom

Dave

Oxenhope Moths 28-06-2008

Is this a Chimney Sweeper ? a very small moth on the limestone road (c) DCB 2008

A very welcome email from Tom Hubball confirms that this moth is indeed a Chimney Sweeper Odezia atrata

Again very many thanks Tom

Dave

Yellow Ophion - M. Doveston

Milking Hole Cullingworth 31-05-2008

Some more of the Orange Tip series.
Orange Tip male upperwing in full sun (c) DCB 2008

Orange Tip male underwing below cloudy skies (c) DCB 2008

Froghoppers!!! cercoptis vulnerata or similar? on bramble (c) DCB 2008

Dave

Ponden Butterflies

Green Hairstreak on the path in May (c) DCB 2008

Wall Brown on a wall!! upperwing.... June (c) DCB 2008

Wall Brown underwing (c) DCB 2008

Dave

Large Elephant Hawk Moth

Lime Hawk Moth

Timble Ings - Mother Shipton, Small Copper and Angle Shades

All seen at Timble Ings on Saturday 14th June.

Angle Shades Moth

These images were actually taken last year in our garden adjacent to East Riddlesden Hall.

Oxenhope Watchpoint 14-06-2008

Reed Bunting (c) DCB 2008

Short-tailed Vole.... one of four seen... "vole" year? (c) DCB 2008

Small Copper (c) DCB 2008

Dave

Bingley South Bog 06-06-2008

Azure Damselfly (c) DCB 2008

Large Red Damselfly (c) DCB 2008

A FANTASTIC idea Mark, having our own image blog!! Certain it will be used for bird shots as well as none bird shots..... It gives a new perspective to local photography as well as another local web to keep an eye on!

Great Stuff
Dave

Banded Demoiselle

This was taken along the R.Aire in a field owned by the National Trust. Access was from East Riddlesden Hall.

Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)

Thanks to Tom H for the ID of this moth