Well, it seems nobody is reading this any more.
After all the fun with thousands of hits from Singapore, it's done the opposite, and now the majority of even my most loyal readers have given up.
[Or maybe bligger has suffered a 'technical issue' with their analytics... Hmm.]
Anyways, regardless of who is and isn't paying attention [After all this little thing has never been about popularity, and do you see even one revenue stream on here? No. Exactly.] I'm carrying on regardless.
And speaking of, getting back to something near the point before we get to the post, it is again a post primarily not about birds.
Yes, I know, but it's that time of year and the weather's sh- no good for seawatching [Tut. Tut I say]
Not that I haven't tried, and even seen something what I did photo and you can see what it is and everything, but we're getting well ahead of ourselves here [VERY unusual for this blog... Ahem.]
So to recap, I've been using my little Summer Recess to go chasing insects, and here are some more. I got the odd half-decent shot again..!
Norfolk Hawker
Oh just look at that...
Slapton and at least 9 males and 2 females seen. [I think Mr. S may recognise this one, look at the claspers!] Wonderful fly right up to you and hovering views, though only one perched somewhere even slightly accessible.
So pretty
I even resorted to trying flight shots, despite my camera being what it is;
Good focus, bad angle
Good angle, bad focus
Arg.
But then, She smiles upon you.
You see, there are dragons that pose [like male SC] and those that don't. Emperors don't.
"One does as one pleases, peasant."
Hail The Emperor!
Rather fun.
Also,
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Black-tailed Skimmer
Lake Pondskater
[more regular-looking],
celebrates birthday!
Common Pondskater
[compare to above]
After filling my boots with cooing over the Green-eyed Glories, I relocated to the beach to have some lunch and do a little seawatching
It was hard yards, I tell you.
Don't know how I coped....
[What?]
I got no shearwaters [had been hoping for a passing Balearic], but I did get two of these, one well out and this one, well, lookit;
Adult summer plumage
Mediterranean Gull
Right along the surfline, and if dratted camera had behaved, you'd have been able to see flecks in the frickin' iris [so to speak], but hey. Hit it.
Much easier was this;
"Got any more sammiches?"
Potato Capsid
Pineappleweed
Viper's Bugloss
Yeah, it was a real struggle.
:)
Be Seeing You...
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