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Small Heath,Meadow Brown,Blues and Winking Lizards.

September 7, 2010September 8, 2010 Chris 0 Comments Animation, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Common Blue, Common Lizard, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Kilwood, macro, Meadow Brown, Small Heath

On Saturday 28th August I went to see what Stonehill Down (DWT reserve) was like, unfortunately climbing the hill I was disappointed to find just well grazed grass, not like the pictures on the website or in their brochure, so with no butterfly’s visible or likely it meant yet another visit to their close by Kilwood Nature Reserve .

As the season for butterflies draws to and end there were less to be found, but still some good specimens are about and these are the ones I caught best on this trip, including a Small Heath and Meadow Brown, and a couple of shots of a Common Blue. I also walked across to Norden in the hope of finding some dragonflies, but on this occasion did not get any decent images, though I did see some Common Darter and Southern Hawkers about on the wing. Nevertheless the walk over their yielded an opportunity to take a basking Common Lizard, which I managed to get two shots to combine into an animation, so that it appears to be winking.

Small Heath – Coenonympha pamphilus – on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens. F4.5 1/160 ISO 400 Natural Light.

Meadow Brown – Maniola jurtina taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens. F8 1/200 ISO 400 Flash Fill from Canon MT-24ex.

Common Blue – Polyommatus icarus taken at Kilwood Nature Reserve on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens. F8 1/125 ISO 400 Flash Fill from Canon MT-24ex.