Thursday 20 September 2012

Tim Robson's Grass Snake

Tim Robson's wife took theese two pictures of a Grass Snake in their Bedfiordshire garden on the 18th September 2012.  Actually it looks as if the snake was more on the patio than in the garden.
Grass Snakes will be looking to hibernate at this time of the year, often in a compost heap or similar site. Grass Snakes are not poisonous and will eat a lot of garden pests so are the 'gardeners friend'.

Posted by David Anderson.

Friday 14 September 2012

Late flying White-legged Damselfly

This late flying male White-legged Damselfly was photgraphed by Andrew Makeham in the field stream next to the River Ouse at Kempston on the 9th September 2012.

Thursday 6 September 2012

Is this an image of a Common Hawker dragonfly?

Photograph of a possible Common Hawker dragonfly taken at Keysoe in North Bedfordshire by Bob Bellamy on the 3rd of August 2012.  Common Hawker is not a species seen in Bedfordshire and known sites are a considerable distance away.  The species is fairly similar to Migrant Hawker and careful attention to details are necessary to seperate the two species, particularly to see the yellow leading edge to the wings.