Category: Greylake

Wigeon Flock - Greylake, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_9427

Duck Duck Go

At the Somerset Wildlife Trust hide a hen harrier does a fly-by at Catcott.  It spent time hunting, studying the reeds and long grass, before disappearing out of sight. Catcott Nature Reserve Next a...

Langacre Rhyne

Langacre Rhyne I often look at maps in the evening for lines in the landscape that will line up with the direction of sunrise.  Today it was the turn of Langacre Rhyne.  The rhyne...

Water Ladybirds (Anisosticta punctata)

Water ladybirds escape the flood

Water Ladybirds (Anisosticta punctuate) on the entrance gate posts to RSPB Greylake nature reserve on the Somerset Levels.  Normally these ladybird spend winter between leaves and in stems of reeds and grass tussocks.  I assume as much...

Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)

Clouded Yellows at Greylake

The rumours were out that there were large numbers of Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) butterflies at the RSPB Greylake reserve.  So I headed out with my son.  Many were hard to reach but along side...