A few days ago i saw these birds on the river on my way home, looked them up in my bird book to discover they are Little Grebes, so today i went down the river the get some photos.

Butterflies

I have decided to make a list of all the butterflies (and moths) I have seen/photographed in the last 2 years:

 Aglais urticae
Small Tortioseshell

Anartia amathea 

Antheraea Pernyi
Chinese Oak Silkmoth

Attacus atlas
Atlas Moth

Battus polydamus
Gold Rim Swallowtail

Cethosia biblis
Lacewing

Cethosia biblis

Lacewing

Danaus Plexippus
Monarch

Dryas Julia
Flame

Greta oto
Glasswing/Clearwing

Heliconius charitonius
Zebra longwing

Heliconius doris

Heliconius ismenius
Ismenius Longwing

Heliconius melpomene
Postman

Heliconius melpomene

Postman

Hypolimnas antevorta

Hypolimnas Misispus

The Mimic

Idea leuconoe

Tree Nymph

Inachis io

Peacock

Kallima paralekta

Indian Leaf

Morpho Peleides

Blue Morpho

Neptis hylas

Sailor

Pachliopta kotzebuea

Papilio demoleus

Lime/Citrus Swallowtail

Papilio polytes 

Common Mormon

Papilio rumanzovia

Scarlet Swallowtail

Papilio thoas

Thoas Swallowtail

Parthenos sylvia

The Clipper

Precis atlites

Grey Pansy

Precis iphita

I believe most of these names to be accurate but some butterflies are trickier then others to identify. 

The places I have taken these photos are: Buckfast Butterflies and Otters, Studley Grange Butterfly world, New Forest Wildlife park, Marwell Zoo and my mothers allotment.

Young Robin

Whilst out feeding the rabbits i heard  a familiar bird call from the silver birch trees, went to investigate and found a juvenile robin, it wasn't disturbed by me, more curious so i ran and got my camera and thankfully it stayed long enough for me to snap some pictures

Very pleased to see this chap in my garden. The day before I had spotted a male and female Chaffinch and my mother has seen fledgling long-tailed tits!

Ducklings

Went out for a little walk with my camera along the river and took a few snaps of some cute ducklings!

 Here's one of them

Also took some photos of swans for references.