At Last Some Warm Weather

At last some lovely warm weather, and luckily I had the day off work so I was able to get out and make the most of it. I walked along the same stretch of the River Arrow as in the previous posting, as this is generally a bit quieter than the nature reserve. Managed to get these shots of a Banded Demoiselle, A Speckled Wood showing why they are so aptly named, on the floor in a copse with dappled light, a Red Campion and lastly a small shoal of Perch showing in the shallows, unfortunately I did not have a polarizing filter for the Perch shot as this would have made it a bit clearer

Butterflies and Demoiselles

Just some pics taken at the fields I was describing in my last post. quite a few Butterflies showing, plus loads of Demoiselles. The first pic of the Ringlet was taken looking through the long grasses, trying to achieve something a little different.

Warm Weather

This recent warm weather has seen all the Fish in the River Arrow move up into the higher layers, or onto the shallows making them much more visible. The majority of the fish are either Chub And Dace, but I did manage to find some Perch yesterday unfortunately I was unable to get any decent pics, mainly due to a lack of polarizing filter for the lens I was using. Did manage this pic of a Chub, that was high in the water. On reaching the wildlife reserve pond, I was in for a surprise with this small Common Carp basking in the edge, I had no idea there was anything like this in the pond. The other pics of the Banded Demoiselle, and the Campion were taken around the edge of the pond. It looks like I am going to have to buy a polarizing filter for my lens if I am going to get some better pics of the fish