Indiana Dave and the Monkey/Lady Orchid and a few Painted Ladies!!
The Drunkbirder and Mr Llama photographing a Monkey! Monkey Orchid Monkey/Lady Orchid Hybrid Another shot of a Monkey! Hartlock- the place for a Monkey! Over the weekend, myself, John Hague and Andy Mackay travelled down to Chilterns to look for a variety of wildlife which included Orchids, Dragonflies and Butterflies. First stop of the day was the River Thames at Goring, Oxfordshire to look for Club-tailed Dragonfly . Over the next hour or so we checked the river side, but the Club-tailed eluded us except for a very brief view which Andy and John saw before I could get on it. Walking back along the Thames footpath to Hartlock NR we finally connected with a couple of Club tails as there hunting over the surrounding area. Other sightings we saw along the river path included good numbers of Banded Demoiselles and a bit of a surprise was a couple of Painted Lady Butterflies (More of them later). Walking up the steep hill from the river footpath to Hartlock reserve, we soon found a few M...