20th May
A rather worn Peacock Butterfly.
A Green-veined White Butterfly on Centre planters
Male Orange-tip Butterfly on planters, too.
Green-veined White on planters.
A rather good clump of Star of Bethlehem amongst Bluebells at Reserve entrance.
Canada Goose on Paisley Pools. It that a gosling with it?
Female Azure Damselfly on Lonning vegetation.
Male Azure Damselfly.
Blackbirds having a welcome dip after rain.
Caterpillar (probably Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly) on nettles.
21st May
Female Blue-tailed Damselfly, immature refuscens.
Day-flying Silver Ground Carpet Moth on shaded vegetation.
25th May.
Pair of Canada Geese who look as if they are sheltering young ones.
Greenfinch on Lonning hedge.
Male Tufted Duck on Paisley Pools.
Moorhen on Holton Fen.
Greylags and Tufted Duck on Paisley Pools.
Cotton Grass in bloom on raised Moss . . .
. . . and across flooded Silver Birch wood.
Five Beltie calves now on Holton Fen.
26th May.
Barn Owl hunting across meadow adjacent to Car Park . . .
. . . quartering the meadow.
Buttercups in Hay Field.
Cotton Grass on Moss.
Female Azure Damselfly on Hedge Parsley.
Male Wall Butterfly along marsh edge.
Green-veined White along the Lonning.
A Speckled Wood Butterfly.
Little Egret and Moorhen on pool in front of the hide.
Stonechat fledgling near Wood 2.
Whitethroat along same wire.
Whitethroat in flight.
Wren on edge of car park.
30th May.
Male Common Blue Damselfly are 'very blue'.
Silver Y Moth.
31st May.
Canada Geese with Gosling - Paisley Pools.
Proud Mum.
Buzzard fending off attack . . .
. . . unsuccessfully.
Little Egret in front of the hide.
One of a pair of Oystercatchers on dried up International Pools.
Pied Wagtail on hide pool.