Wednesday 3 July 2013

Searching for butterflies

Decided I would finally try for the Heath Fritillary butterflies at East Blean Woods today, however the weather turned out really cloudy and my search was in vain. The only thing I managed to find, and that stayed still long enough for me to take some photos was this Four-banded Longhorn.

Four-banded Longhorn (Leptura quadrifasciata)





After I had enough looking for the butterflies I popped into Oare Marshes on the way back home to see if I could see the Bonaparte's Gull, but dipped out. I bonus bird though was this summer plumage adult Cattle Egret which flew over, I just managed a record shot (massive crop), 140th bird species of the year so far.

Cattle Egret



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  1. Mike H3 July 2013 at 15:00

    Jamie sad that you missed out on the Heaths. The bettle is i would suggest a Four banded Longhorn beetle. Right place and time with the Cattle Egret.

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    1. Jamie Medford10 July 2013 at 06:39

      Thanks Mike for common name for this and yes definitely lucky with the CE.

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