Peacock

More Butterfly images now on ''BUTTERFLIES-------'' in the GALLERY

Silver-washed Fritillary, Male at Bedford Purlieus

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Reed Bunting

Picture of the month for June: Cambridgeshire Bird Club


Male Reed Bunting, Nene Washes,

6th June 2010 © Peter Beesley

Picture chosen by Richard Thomas

''There are many photographs that I find quite outstanding. A superb overhead Sand Martin by James Hanlon, his pin-sharp Little Ringed Plover in flight, Colin Brown's portrait of a juvenile Whitethroat, the near perfect composition of Garth Peacock's Yellowhammer, Gary Thornton's action shots of Common Terns and his Corn Bunting on a favoured perch, Peter Beesley's classic Redshank atop a post, resplendent in full summer plumage.



These are all more than worthy runners up, but the photo that just pips them for me is Peter Beesley's doleful Reed Bunting; pin-sharp, showing excellent feather detail and perched on a barbed wire strand. Buntings are one of my favourites, although many write them off as LBJs; but as this photo shows, when seen well, they can be rather handsome. ''

CAMBRIDGESHIRE BIRD CLUB PHOTO OF THE MONTH.

Black-tailed Godwit

My First Twitch

My first Butterfly Twitch. On 1st July about 50 people congregated at the Picnic Area at Tichwell to see the rare Scandinavian migrant----the Camberwell Beauty. It favoured a position high up in an Oak Tree occasionally taking flight for a few moments before alighting again in the tree tops.

A quick visit to see the near-by Montagu's Harrier on the way home