Radley Lakes with Jo Cartmell

Wow!  Great day out at Radley Lakes with wildlife expert and photographer Jo Cartmell.  I learnt so much about all the insects on my doorstep.  Never knew that there were so many types of bee!  We saw everything from birds to bugs (oil beetle, ashy mining bee, alderfly, brimstone and orange tip butterflies, a bee-fly, ducklings and a chiffchaff!).  Got carried away and took lots of photographs.  Here's a selection:

Oil beetle

Ashy mining bee hole

Ashy mining bee

Alderfly

Ashy mining bee

Alderfly

Native bluebell

Brimstone

Brimstone

Orange tip

Orange tip and friend!

Spanish bluebell

Bee-fly

Alderfly

Chiffchaff

Hoverfly

Cowslip

Cuckoo flower