July 2015 – Leigh-on-Sea

Marbled white, mother of pearl, magpie moth, sparrow, barn owl, swallowtailed moth, hummingbird hawk moth, lesser whitethroat, chaffinch, small white, green veined white, gatekeeper, meadow brown, wall, common blue, red admiral, peacock butterfly, small tortoiseshell, comma, small, large and essex skipper, silver Y, grass moth, ladybird, green woodpecker, kestrel, long tailed tit, painted lady

29 July 

Near Leigh on sea station

Marbled white butterfly

Hadleigh Castle walk

Mother of pearl moth

Magpie moth

 

 

26 July

At home with the humble house sparrow

19 July 

Hadleigh Castle walk

The barn owl was out hunting

 

A swallowtail moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria)

 

18 July

Hadleigh Castle walk – around 3pm

Hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) in the front garden!

 

Near Hadleigh Castle

Lesser Whitethroat?

 

Female Chaffinch

Marbled white butterflies

Large, small and green veined whites

Gatekeeper butterfly

Meadow brown

Wall butterfly

Common blue butterfly

Red Admiral

Peacock butterfly

Small Tortoiseshell

Comma

Large skipper

Small or Essex Skippers?

Zoom of skippers to see antennae

 

Silver Y moth

Unidentified moth

Grass moth

Flying black ants

Seven spot ladybird

Other sightings not photographed:

Grass snake

Gold finches

10 July

Green woodpecker in the garden

06 July 

Morning run to Hadleigh Wood

wren

green woodpecker

Evening walk to Hadleigh Castle

Barn owl

 

Kestrel

Long tailed tit

 

05 July

Hadleigh Castle

02 July

2 red admiral butterflies

 

01 July

Meadow brown butterfly in the house

Painted Lady butterfly – Marine Parade

 

Green woodpecker in the garden