Ashton under Hill Gallery - Wildlife

   

  Elephant Hawk Moth and a tree rat! Both pictures by Jeremy King

   

 An unusual bird table visitor; Partridge foraging in the snow January 2010; Philip Barnett

     

  Great Crested Grebes at Beckford, near Ashton, September 2009; Jeremy King

     

  What Am I?!; Young grass snake; pictures by Roger Umpelby

     

  Southern Hawker and Migrant Hawker dragonflies; Jeremy King

 

  Click on the picture for a fascinating illustrated account of 21 species of butterfly

  recorded on Bredon Hill on Friday 7 August 2009; Roger Umpelby

   

   Unusual glimpses of a Barn Owl in daylight; Roger Umpelby

   

   Click on the picture for a fascinating account of the discovery of the first Harlequin Ladybird in Ashton,

   by our very own Ashton Bugman!

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    Speckled Wood Butterfly; Roger Umpelby. Scarlet Tiger Moth; Jeremy King

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    Buff Tip Moth Caterpillar; Roger Umpelby. Buff Tip Moth; Jeremy King.

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    Click here for a fascinating pictorial view of the Life Cycle of the Vapourer Moth , by the 'Ashton Bugman'!

   

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