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Peewit
Sunday 21st June 2009, 22:40
Hi there

We had a good day out, and we saw lots of species. It was great to meet up with one of the Bedford Birders to share interest in the subject of wildlife. Lot to see in the area.

I was concentrating on the pictures we managed to take over what other species we where lucky to see.

Birds
Long Tailed Tits
Bullfinch
Garden Warbler
Chiffchaff
Marsh Tit
Green Woodpecker
Willow Warbler

Moths
Long Horned Moth
Drinker Caterpiller/Moth
Brown China Marked Moth

Butterflies
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Speckled Wood
Heath Butterfly
Skipper Butterfly
Large White Butterfly
Green Veined Butterfly

Sedge
Pendulous Sedge

Flowers
Bee Orchid
Common Orchid
and many unmentioned Wild Flowers

Damselflies
Broad Spotted Chaser
Large Red Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Common Blue

Skimmers
Black Tailed Skimmer
Four Spotted Skimmer

Dragonflies
Emperior Dragonfly

Chasers
Broad Bodied Chasers

Demoiselle
Banded Demoiselle

Crested Newt
Scorpion Fly

Some pictures

Picture 1 - Broad bodied Chaser
Picture 2 - Large Red Damselfly
Picture 3 - Small Skipper
Picture 4 - Speedwell
Picture 5 - Azure Damselfly