Summer wildlife

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Summer wildlife

Summertime specials

Summer is a time of colour. By day, colours zip and dart along the waterside as kingfishers and dragonflies go about their business of hunting. Butterflies flit between flowers, reptiles bask in the sun, and seabirds clamour on the cliffsides. The activity goes on under cover of darkness - bats sweep swiftly through the air, tawny owls call and nightjars churr, while glow-worms adorn the night with pinpricks of light.

A close up of a nightjar, a distinctive bird related to the frogmouths with exceptional camouflage in all shades of black, brown and cream that can make it look convincingly like deadwood. This particular bird is facing directly right, with it's eye only half open, and is sat on a nest of small twigs made directly on the ground. The chicks are not visible.

Nightjar adult brooding chicks - David Tipling 2020Vision

Nightjars

Sandwich tern flying with eel to nes

Sandwich tern flying with eel to nest - Bertie Gregory 2020VISION

Terns

Caeau Tan y Bwlch Nature Reserve meadow

Wildflower meadows

Male Banded demoiselle

Male Banded demoiselle - Vicky Nall

Dragonflies and damselflies