It was a beautiful afternoon on Wednesday so Limpy and I decided to spend a few hours at Minsmere. It was a bit on the quiet side bird-wise but the same couldn't be said of the insect life:
Speckled wood butterfly
Four spotted chaser dragonfly
A pair of common blue damselflies in flagrante delicto!
I love common terns. This one was hovering near the Wildlife Lookout.
Another common tern, from the South Hide. Love the attitude!
An avocet coming in to land.
Finishing with a black-headed gull overlooking the South Scrape. Sadly, there were fewer of these on the Scrape than usual, with fewer chicks - but on the plus side, I'm told there are more avocet chicks around.
Hope you enjoy these.