Over 20 of us turned up for our first club visit to Strumpshaw. I had been keeping an eye open for reports of recent sightings of the elusive swallowtail butterfly - I was hoping that we would get lucky - we didn’t have to wait long before the first in our group spotted this beautiful, exclusive to Norfolk, butterfly. The swallowtail is our largest native butterfly and when you actually see one, you realise what all the fuss is about - they are truly stunning!
Apart from the magnificent swallowtail, we saw many other butterfly species, dragonflies, damselflies and too many other insects, spiders, lizards, beetles to begin to mention.
Being summer, bird sightings were hard to come by. Marsh harriers were seen in abundance including ariel acrobatics that involved passing food from the male to the female - amazing!
Everyone seemed to enjoy the day even with the sunburn, tired feet and mozzie bites.
See below for some of our images from the day
Di Jackson
Events Secretary
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| Common Lizard by Andy Lowe |
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| Grey Heron by James Ball |
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| Enjoying a Chat by Andy Lowe |
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| Red Damselfly by Jim McConnell |
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| Strumpshaw Fen by Christine Alcock |
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| Orchid by Francesca Shearcroft |
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| Greylag Goose in Flight by James Ball |
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| Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies by Jan Murphy |
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| Jay by Jim McConnell |
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| Four Spotted Chaser by Heather Ryder |
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| River Yare at Strumpshaw Fen by Jan Murphy |
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| The Gang by Di Jackson |
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| Norfolk Hawkers by Keith Mountford |
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| Swallowtail by Christine Alcock |
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| Tern With Fish by Robin Orrow |
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| Norfolk Hawker in Flight by Keith Mountford |
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| Small Tortoiseshell by Heather Ryder |
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| Juvenile Bearded Tit by Robin Orrow |
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| Peacock Caterpillars by Di Jackson |
Stunning Christine - very jealous x
ReplyDeleteyou missed a great day Roy! - Some great pics - well done all!
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