Potteric Carr

I went over to Potteric Carr Nature Reserve yesterday near Doncaster. I personally think it's one of the best sites I know where you can photograph insects in summer.

Here's a list of birds seen:

Little Grebes

Grey Heron

Little Egrets

Mute Swans

Canada Geese

Greylag Geese

Mallards

House Martins

Magpie

Robin

Chaffinch

Kestrel

Moorhen

Coots

Lapwings

Black Headed Gulls

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Swifts

Jay

Starlings

Great Tits

Reed Buntings

Great Spotted Woodpecker:


Jays:






Here's a list of the Dragonflies and Damselfies seen:

Broad Bodied Chaser
Common Darter
Blue Tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Ruddy Darter

Here's a list of butterflies seen:

Small tortoiseshell
Ringlet
Gatekeeper
Large White
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown

Small tortoiseshell:


Here's a list of insects seen:
Soldier Beetle
Pellucid Hoverfly
Hoverfly
Cinnibar Moth caterpillars
6 spot Burnet
Leptura Maculata

Pellucid Hoverfly:


Soldier beetles:


Leptura maculata:


Hoverfly: