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Football Forray

13/6/2015

 
My son's football training session turned into a wildlife photography opportunity yesterday morning.  Luckily, the field lies next to Priory Meadow Nature Reserve in Penwortham, excellent for insects at this time of year...    
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Ben, 13/06/15, football training at Priory High School fields.
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Large Skipper, 13/06/15, Priory Meadow Nature Reserve, Penwortham.
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Black-tailed Skimmer, 13/06/15, Priory Meadow NR. First time I have ever seen one in Penwortham. Superb dragonflies.
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Azure Damselflies, 13/06/15, Priory Meadow Nature Reserve. I've never seen such a huge gathering of this species: hundreds of them!
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White-tailed Bumble Bee, 13/06/15, Priory Meadow NR.
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Bombus ruderarius, 13/06/15, Priory Meadow NR.
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Sawfly, 13/06/15, Priory Meadow NR. Difficult to see which species of sawfly due to all the pollen!
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Common Water Boatman, 13/06/15, Priory Meadow NR. The ponds here are teeming with life.
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Great Diving Beetle Larva, 13/06/15, Priory Meadow NR. Got a nasty nip from one of these once.
And just about anything can turn up in Penwortham on Gala day...
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Lobster. A ready-cooked one, wearing sunglasses. 13/06/15, Liverpool Road, Penwortham.

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