Common lizard

 

I think this is a female patchwork leaf - cutter bee returning with flower petals and leaves

 

A good variety of wildlife out in the morning sun

 

Common darter

 

Common blue, gatekeeper and small skipper butterflies

 

Oystercatcher family foraging on the shore

 

Cinnabar moth caterpillars, gatekeeper and small copper butterflies

 

A nice fly-by from the little egrets

 

Good to be back on the island

 

A distant little tern on the hunt

 

Sea lavender

 

6 spot burnet feeding on ragwort

 

Oystercatchers at the island

 

Some very young ringed plover exploring the waters edge

 

A walk round the edge of the meadow....until the horseflies found me

 

Flowering along the bike ride