The Big Butterfly Count (plus moths and a dragonfly)

 Migrant Hawker?

 Gatekeeper butterfly

  Meadow Brown butterfly

 Poplar Hawk moth

 Red Admiral butterfly

 Rosy Rustic moth

 Swallow Prominent moth

August Thorn moth

There's still time left to do the Big Butterfly Count. It only takes 15 minutes, and you can submit your records online here: http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/

When You Have a Snail Stuck to your Head and You Don't Notice

Moths, Voles and Amphibians

Edgeley Road vole

Burnished Brass moth

Shaded Broad-bar

Large Magpie

Above, juvenile Common Newts and below, Great Crested newts.

Common Toad.

Moth Time

Vapourer moth caterpillar

Spectacles

Scalloped Oak

Sexton beetle

Early Thorn moth

Bold Vole

Someone appears to have carelessly left this bag of apple lying around...

Snacking on a Bit of Apple

More Lizards and Voles

 Silver Studded Blues roosting, Common Lizards sunning themselves on Prees Heath

Below, an Edgeley Road vole.

More Lizards

I'm guessing this s a pregnant female

 Common lizards, and a froglet

 Skipper

 Silver Studded Blue

The voles are being shy at the moment, so although I've had a few sightings between the showers, I haven't had any decent photos. Plenty of other wildlife about, though!