annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
A commotion outside while I was having my tea. Looked up to see a Sparrowhawk standing on the edge of the birdbath nonchalantly drowning a Sparrow. After making sure it was dead she flew off with it.
Grasshopper. I wonder what is wrong with it ?
Some type of dragonfly. Amazingly it remained on the rose for about two hours, normally when I rush in to grab a camera whatever I wanted to photograph has gone by the time I get back out.
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Moth or butterfly?
Meadow Brown butterfly.
Moths don't tend to hold their wings like that at rest - though there are some exceptions.
Are you sure? I thought meadow browns had an eye on the underwing. I'm only querying because I thought I'd cracked id'ing meadow browns, but maybe not.
Are you sure? I thought meadow browns had an eye on the underwing. I'm only querying because I thought I'd cracked id'ing meadow browns, but maybe not.
No, I'm not :-) But the shape of the darker brown patch looks right and I think there are very faint dots on the underwing if you look closely.
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And I'm guessing that the photo was taken in South Tyneside or at least in the north east which narrows the options down a bit.
I didn't think it was a Meadow Brown for the same reason. But now I think @annedonnelly could be right. Take a look at this photo. The brown pattern looks perfect. Not sure at all what's going on with the lack of the "dot"
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