Prestbury Capture
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A male common blue butterfly basking on the lower slopes of the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham.
A small tortoiseshell butterfly in the Happy Valley area of the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire
A second brood brown argus butterfly resting on an unopened devilsbit scabious flower on a dull day in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve.
A nationally rare duke of burgundy butterfly seen in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham.
An essex skipper butterfly seen resting in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve on a recent visit, this is the same individual that I uploaded a few images of before.
A male marbled white butterfly nectaring on knapweed in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham. This was one of many that I saw on yesterdays visit.
A pair of common blue butterflies caught copulating in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire. The male is the silver butterfly and the female the brown butterfly.
A second brood brown argus butterfly seen on the lower slopes of the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve.
Another shot of the same male dark green fritllary nectaring on knapweed that I uploaded a few days ago. This individual was seen in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve.
A tree pipit seen in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham. This is the same bird that I uploaded a photograph of singing a few days ago.
A male chalkhill blue butterfly seen on the lower slopes of the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham.
A female meadow brown butterfly nectaring on knapweed in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A young fox sitting in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire yesterday afternoon.
One of numerous small skipper butterflies seen in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham on a recent visit. This individual was plagued by a number of ticks and red mites.
A nationally rare Duke of Burgundy butterfly seen in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire on Thursday afternoon. This was one of four dukes I saw at the site, two in the masts field and another two in the Bill Smyllie field.
A female marbled white butterfly resting on a knapweed flower in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A female marbled white butterfly on some thistles in the Happy Valley area of the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A male marbled white butterfly clinging on to a piece of long grass on a windy day in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A small skipper butterfly seen in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire last Friday morning. There were good numbers of these pretty little butterflies in both the Bill Smyllie field and the masts field.
A female marbled white butterfly nectaring on knapweed in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A male common blue butterfly seen in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A six spot burnet moth on a field scabious in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham.
The same small skipper butterfly that I uploaded yesterday, this time taken from the opposite side. This specimen was blighted by ticks and red mites and was found resting on the lower slopes of the Bill Smylie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve.
A small skipper butterfly seen in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A nationally rare duke of burgundy butterfly basking in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A male marbled white butterfly seen in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A male dark green fritillary butterfly nectaring on knapweed in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham.
A male dark green fritillary butterfly nectaring on knapweed in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A male dark green fritillary butterfly resting after nectaring on a hawksbeard flower on the lower slopes of the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham. This was taken early yesterday morning when I met up with fellow flickr member Alex Barclay aka "Squeeky51"
A brown argus butterfly seen on the lower slopes of the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A small blue butterfly, Britain's smallest species basking in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
This underwing shot of the small tortoiseshell was taken at Prestbury Hill on the edge of Cheltenham.
A roe doe caught by surprise when I was out photographing a family of redstarts on my local patch earlier this afternoon. This roe doe was on the edge of some woodland in a meadow on my local nature reserve browsing in the hedgerow when I saw her. It was a couple of minutes before she looked round and spotted me pointing my camera at her! This is a full frame shot of her.
A green hairstreak butterfly nectaring on hawthorn blossom in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A brown argus butterfly seen on the lower slopes of the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
A female common blue butterfly seen in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in late May. This is the same individual I uploaded a picture of a few days ago but this time taken from a different angle.
A small blue butterfly seen in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham.
A hen redstart seen in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve yesterday morning. She was with her partner feeding their four fledglings and I observed them collecting caterpillars and other insects to feed their hungry youngsters.
A male marbled white butterfly basking in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.