A photo of a male Orange Tip butterfly. Males and females occupy different habitats: males mostly frequent the edges of forests whereas females frequent meadows. You have to wonder how they survive?

Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines, of the family Pieridae. One of my fave species of butterfly. Sadly, they only live for approx six weeks.

#OrangeTip #Butterfly #Lepidoptera #ukwildlife #HMWT #Amwell

A photo of a male Mallard, posing and showing off his beautiful plumage. Fun fact: The Mallard has hybridised with more than 40 species in the wild, and an additional 20 species in captivity.

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos, from the family Anatidae. Who doesn't like a mallard…?

#Mallard #DabblingDuck #ukwildlife #Birds 🪶 #HMWT #Amwell

Had an enjoyable couple of hours at #AmwellNatureReserve #HMWT @hertsbirds.bsky.social saw the Eurasian Bittern in flight from near large hide towards viewpoint reed bed disturbed by the reed cutting machine
Good numbers of Tufted duck Common pochard Common snipe