Archive images - October 2023
	Common Pill Woodlouse on the front drive, Alwins Field, 27 October 2023. It rolled up in a ball when disturbed.
	Magpie hunting in the grass, Linslade Woods, 25 October 2023.
	Chinese Water Deer swimming in the canal at Linslade, 23 October 2023.
	This light-coloured Mallard was very upset at the Chinese Water Deer swimming in the canal, Linslade, 23 October 2023.
	Moorhen, Linslade, Grand Union Canal, 23 October 2023.
	Bracket Fungus on a dead Silver Birch stump, Linslade Woods, 23 October 2023.
	Brown Lacewing, Alwins Field garden, 22 October 2023.
	Common Frog, Alwins Field garden, 18 October 2023. By 10pm this frog looks full of worms.
	Smooth (Common) Newt, Alwins Field, 18 October 2023.
	A pair of Migrant Hawker dragonflies mating at Tiddenfoot Waterside Park, 17 October 2023.
	Male Common Darter dragonfly, Tiddenfoot WP, 17 October 2023.
	A young Rook, Alwins Field, 15 October 2023. Lack of the bare patch around the beak tells you this one is a youngster.
	Jackdaw (looking intently for food), Alwins Field, 15 October 2023.
	Male Wasp (he can't sting), Alwins Field, 14 October 2023.
	Bugle coming into flower by our garden pond, Alwins Field,   6 October 2023. A very unusual time for Bugle to flower.
	Red Admiral butterfly feeding on a rotten apple, Alwins Field, 6 October 2023. Is it feeding up to migrate to the continent or to hibernate in England? Everyone knows that insects have six legs, but it looks like this one has only four. The front pair is tiny and tucked up behind the eyes.
	Common Darter dragonfly (female), Linslade Woods,   5 October 2023.
	Grey Heron trying to catch a meal by Leighton Lock, Linslade, on 3 October 2023.
	Ivy Bee, one of dozens on the ivy bushes by the canal at Linslade, 3 October 2023.
	Red Admiral butterfly sunning on a branch by the canal at Linslade on 3 October 2023.
	Hornet on Ivy by the canal, Linslade, 3 October 2023. You can see there are two eyes at the side of the face plus three smaller eyes on top of the head.
	Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus, male) in Linslade Woods, 2 October 2023.
	Dunnock in Linslade Woods, 2 October 2023.

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