Bob Chapman

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Retired after 40 odd years of conservation land management. Birds, Inverts (mainly moths, Diptera, Odonata, Orthoptera) but anything really. S.Hants patchlisting, New Forest area.

Black and white jumping spider on a stone.
Myolepta dubia, a red and black hoverfly on bramble flower
What was once a grass lawn now lots of flowers, mostly white and cream at this time.
Yellow butterfly resting with wings closed. A female Clouded Yellow, a migrant species, May is quite early for records in UK.
Wall Lizard heading out of shot! Very long tail and chequered pattern.
A large, colourful hoverfly perched on a piece of bark.
A pair of silvery flies resting on sand
Green Hairstreak butterfly on Gorse flowers
A male Brent Goose with colour-rings, Lime X on left leg and Green 9 on the right, feeding on the inter-tidal shore.
Black & white wading bird feeding on a stony shoreline. It is an Oystercatcher with black rings on both legs. It is a 2nd year bird as the upper-parts are brownish rather than black as in an adult.
View between trees of the open valley mire and heath at Bishop's Dyke, New Forest, Hampshire.
A brightly coloured micro-moth known as Coppice Beauty, found in woodlands.