Taunton Wildlife

Birds

 

Photo archive - Non-passerines 1 (divers, grebes, herons, waterfowl, raptors, rails)

Photo archive - Non-passerines 2 (waders, gulls, pigeons, swifts)

Photo archive - Passerines

Scientific bird names explained

 

Mammals

Order: Artiodactyla

Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus; Ham Wall

Order: Rodentia

Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus: image 1; image 2; image 3

Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis; Ilfracombe, Devon : image 1

Order: Lagomorpha

Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus: Taunton: image 1

Order: Cetacea

Harbour Porpoise Phocaena phocaena: Ilfracombe, Devon: image 1; image 2; image 3; image 4

Order: Carnivora

Pine Marten Martes martes: (roadkill) Mallorca

Stoat Mustela erminea: image 1; image 2; image 3; image 4; image 5; image 6; image 7

Otter Lutra lutra; Shapwick NNR: image 1

Red Fox Vulpes vulpes: Taunton; in the snow: image 1; image 2; image 3; image 4

Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus: Ilfracombe, Devon: image 1; image 2; image 3; image 4; image 5

Insects 

Butterflies - 

Common Blue Polyommatus icarus: Braunton Burrows, Devon: male, female; Dunes du Steir, Finistère: male; female 

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui: Braunton Marshes image 1

Clouded Yellow Colias crocea: Etang de St. Vio, Finistère: image 1

Eastern Festoon Zerynthia cerisy: Highbridge, Somerset:  image 1; image 2

Swallowtail Papilio machaon: Forêt du Gâvre, France: image1, image 2, image 3

Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia: Heddon Valley, Devon: image 1, image 2; Forêt du Gâvre, France: image 1, image 2

Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia: Forêt du Gâvre, France: image 1, image 2, image 3

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Clossiana selene: Heddon Valley image 1

Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria: Taunton: image 1; La Croisic, Loire-Atlantique: image 1

Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus: Thurlbear: image 1; image 2

Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris: Hestercombe: image 1

Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines: male: image 1

Marbled White Melanargia galathea: image 1; image 2

 

Moths -

Jersey Tiger; Santec, Finistère, France: image 1, image 2; Etang de St. Vio, Finistère, France: image 1

Hummingbird Hawkmoth; Mallorca image 1

Cinnabar; Braunton Burrows image 1

Six-spot Burnet; Heanton Court image 1

 

Dragonflies & Damselflies -

Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator; male in flight

Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum male; image 1, image 2, overmature female

Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa; female; Braunton Burrows

Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva; Ham Wall male image 1

Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii; Etang de Trunvel, Finistère: image 1, image 2

Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea; West Hill, Devon female

Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens; female, male image 1, image 2, image 3

White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes; female image 1, image 2;  River Tone, Ruishton

Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum; Etang de St. Vio, Finistère: image 1

Azure Damselfly Coengarion puella; male  image 1; female image 1

Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans; Ham Wall male image 1

Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas; Hestercombe male image 1 (record shot)

Others -

Hoverflies - Vollucella pellucens; Vollucella zonaria: image 1; image 2; image 3

Flies - image 1, image 2

Maybug / Cockchafer at Braunton Marsh: image 1; image 2