Butterflies and Lizards Too

 

whitethroat

water vole

lizards at Llanymenach Rocks

Green Hairstreak and Dingy Skipper butterflies

siskin

This lizard didn't want to move as I walked past.

female spotted flycatcher

Water voles are established well already at Edgeley Road.

 

raft spider

cotton grass on Whixall Moss

two lizards on Prees Heath

feeding station plus droppings

I met a couple of men today who told me they'd been watching two water voles in this ditch on Whixall Moss. There were signs of water vole nibbling on some grass stalks poking out of the water.

Marbled Whites, Lizards and Voles, of Course

 

Swimming mole!

Ringlet and marbled white butterflies.

Common lizards on Prees Heath.

Many, Many Lizards on the Heath

 

There are three lizards in the photo above. Can you spot them?

And More Lizards

 

Silver Studded Blue?

This bottom photo shows (I think) a juvenile, going by the dark tail. The picture above it is of a heavily gravid female.