Duck End Nature Reserve

[Hatter]

Duck End Nature Reserve is in Maulden, near Ampthill.  This place is only about 15 minutes drive from where I live, but I didn't know it was there... until yesterday.  Photos from a Hitchin Camera Club trip out on a Saturday morning....

Grasshopper and Bindweed

Ringlet Butterfly

Emperor Dragonfly

 

Some sort of fly
 

All taken with a Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro lens - but quite heavily cropped.  The Damselfly and the Gatekeeper that I posted in the "Colour" thread were from the same session.

 

[sjr]

Really nice I think the grasshopper is my favorite of the set.

Undiscovered local places are a wonderful find. I use the googling online map thingy is a great tool to zoom round locally sometimes comes up with some unusual finds. I didn't realize how much green space was dotted around the town center.

[johntwo]

Great place and great set Gareth.  My pick is the Ringlet for the comp but the best catch is the Grasshopper.

[Ryewolf]

I nice catch of insects Gareth, I think your last image is a hoverfly: Pellucid Fly - Volucella pellucens Sometimes called the Pellucid Hoverfly, it's a bee mimic....

[Hatter]

Thanks, all.

19 hours ago, Ryewolf said:

I think your last image is a hoverfly: Pellucid Fly - Volucella pellucens Sometimes called the Pellucid Hoverfly, it's a bee mimic....

Useful info - thanks, Geoff.

 

[Mitch]

On 21/07/2019 at 11:08, Hatter said:

Some sort of fly
 

 

 

Pellucid Fly - Volucella pellucens  from the hoverfly family

Cracking set of images.

[Mitch]

On 21/07/2019 at 11:08, Hatter said:

Duck End Nature Reserve is in Maulden, near Ampthill.  This place is only about 15 minutes drive from where I live, but I didn't know it was there... until yesterday.  Photos from a Hitchin Camera Club trip out on a Saturday morning....

Grasshopper and Bindweed

 

 

First time I have seen one of these ... you very lucky man.

Not a grasshopper but a :- Roesel's Bush-cricket

[Ryewolf]

11 hours ago, Mitch said:

Roesel's Bush-cricket

Well, that's also a new one on me, I would have gone for grasshopper too....

[Hatter]

12 hours ago, Mitch said:

Not a grasshopper but a :- Roesel's Bush-cricket

Thanks, Mitch!

[Mitch]

10 hours ago, Ryewolf said:

Well, that's also a new one on me, I would have gone for grasshopper too....

I knew it wasn't a grasshopper  by the antenna so went off and looked it up, I have always wanted to photograph a cricket, not the easiest of things to find.

[Kobione]

Really nice set Gareth, and just my favourite sort of subjects, which we are severely lacking in this season.

[Hatter]

Thanks, Dee.

 

[Denis]

Surprising how many little spots you can find, all too local, and all too overlooked !

Not seen an Emperor before, very colourful.

[Hatter]

Thanks, Denis.

20 minutes ago, Denis said:

Not seen an Emperor before, very colourful.

I was lucky to get that.  There were plenty of them around but they were flying and too far away to attempt with my 100mm lens.  This one landed on some leaves and stayed still for a while.

[Korky]

Really like the first shot, Gareth, the colours and the light really are excellent.

BTW - Are Grasshopper & Bindweed a firm of solicitors?

Korky

[Hatter]

Thanks, Korky.