June 2007

Highlight of the month was a very successful 10 day tour of Bulgaria guided by local wildlife photographer Emil Enchev. Emil organises flexible, tailor-made photographic tours in Bulgaria to suit your individual goals, and I can highly recommend his services. A full trip report will be published soon (now online here). In the meantime, here is a very small sample of a few of my favourite images...

Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)	European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
European Roller (Coracias garrulus)	European Souslik (Spermophilus citellus)

I spent the rest of the month concentrating on photographing insects on the Wirral...

Thurstaston, Wirral

Thurstaston, Wirral

Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) Willaston, Cheshire

Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) - Willaston, Cheshire

Helophilus pendulus - Thurstaston, Wirral

Hoverfly ovipositing - Thurstaston, Wirral

Bluebottle (Calliphora vomitoria) - Thurstaston, Wirral

Helina impuncta/depuncta - Thurstaston, Wirral

Helina impuncta/depuncta - Thurstaston, Wirral

Thurstaston, Wirral

Sitticus pubescens - Willaston, Cheshire

Odynerus sp. - Thurstaston, Wirral

Bombus terrestris - Thurstaston, Wirral

Bombus terrestris - Thurstaston, Wirral

Snipe Fly (Rhagio scolopacea) - Willaston, Cheshire

female Mosquito sp. (Culicidae) - Willaston, Cheshire

male Non-biting Midge (Chironomidae) - Willaston, Cheshire

female Non-biting Midge with Red Mite parasites

probably Helix aspersa - Sefton Park, Liverpool

May 2007

2007 Diary Index

July 2007