Peter Sketch · @petersketch
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It isn't truly high summer until I've seen my first White Admiral, which is my favourite #butterfly by quite a distance. I can confirm that as of yesterday it is now high summer. This one at the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve #Ravensroost Woods. #insects #wildlife #wildlifephotography #odonata
#odonata #wildlifephotography #wildlife #insects #ravensroost #WildlifeTrust #wiltshire #butterfly
Peter Sketch · @petersketch
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Another #Dragonfly photo for #DragonflyWeek. This is a Common Darter, sunbathing on a path at the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve #Ravensroost Woods yesterday. #insects #wildlife #wildlifephotography #odonata
#odonata #wildlifephotography #wildlife #insects #ravensroost #WildlifeTrust #wiltshire #dragonflyweek #dragonfly
Peter Sketch · @petersketch
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Blackthorn is really at its peak at the moment. #Ravensroost wood on Friday. #WildflowerHour #Wiltshire #WoodlandPlants #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography
#photography #plantscience #wildflowers #flowers #plants #botany #woodlandplants #wiltshire #WildflowerHour #ravensroost
Peter Sketch · @petersketch
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I went to the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve at #Ravensroost wood on Friday, specifically to look for False Oxlip. And here it is. It's a hybrid of Cowslip and Primrose, which has large flowers like a primrose but on the end of a stalk like a cowslip. #WildflowerHour #WoodlandPlants #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography
#photography #plantscience #wildflowers #flowers #plants #botany #woodlandplants #WildflowerHour #ravensroost #WildlifeTrust #wiltshire
Peter Sketch · @petersketch
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The results of a trip to the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve at #Ravensroost wood on Friday. Wood Anemone, Barren Strawberry, Dog Violet and Lesser Celandine. All are specialised #WoodlandPlants in the UK although the latter two do grow out in the open as well. #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography
#photography #plantscience #wildflowers #flowers #plants #botany #woodlandplants #ravensroost #WildlifeTrust #wiltshire
Peter Sketch · @petersketch
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Day 17 of the 2022 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Today we're back at #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust #Ravensroost Meadows for Common Emerald #damselfly, which sadly is getting rather less common in the UK but is still quite widespread. This pair have mated and are about to start laying eggs. #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography
#wildlifephotography #insects #wildlife #damselfly #ravensroost #WildlifeTrust #wiltshire #adventcalendar #dragonfly
Peter Sketch · @petersketch
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Day 14 of the 2022 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Ruddy Darter looks quite like Common Darter, especially the females. Males are very bright red and have a "waist" in the abdomen. This one was at #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust #Ravensroost Meadows in August. #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography
#wildlifephotography #insects #wildlife #ravensroost #WildlifeTrust #wiltshire #adventcalendar #dragonfly
Peter Sketch · @petersketch
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Day 8 of the 2022 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. These two are Azure #damselfly, which are one of two very common blue species. They're mating, so about to get slightly more common... At #WiltsWildlife #Ravensroost Meadows in June. #Wiltshire #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography
#wildlifephotography #insects #wildlife #wiltshire #ravensroost #wiltswildlife #damselfly #adventcalendar #dragonfly
Peter Sketch · @petersketch
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Day 2 of the 2022 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar - today we have the aptly-named Emperor, the common, large blue & green dragonflies that often dominate all but the smallest UK ponds in high summer. Here a female is laying eggs at #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust #Ravensroost Meadows in June. #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography
#wildlifephotography #insects #wildlife #ravensroost #WildlifeTrust #wiltshire #adventcalendar #dragonfly
Peter Sketch · @petersketch
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Back in June I went to
#WiltsWildlife #Ravensroost Wood to get some photos of the Common Spotted Orchids. This image got photobombed by what I'm told is a Lesser Vespilio Burying #Beetle. No, I hadn't heard of it either. #wildlife #wildlifephotography
#wildlifephotography #wildlife #beetle #ravensroost #wiltswildlife
Peter Sketch · @petersketch
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Fleabane is one of my favourite wildflowers because it attracts so many insects. This one, back in July at #WiltsWildlife #Ravensroost Meadows, had attracted a Common Blue #butterfly. #wildlife #wildlifephotography
#wildlifephotography #wildlife #butterfly #ravensroost #wiltswildlife