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Castle Acre Wildlife

Some examples of the rich biodiversity to be found in the Nar Valley around Castle Acre. Most are from the river and water meadows http://www.nickpix.co.uk/rivernar/index.html but the butterflies are mainly from the castle surrounds which are a mass of wild flowers in summer http://www.nickpix.co.uk/castleacrecastle/index.html.
I apologise if I've misnamed any of the creatures pictured - the ones I see never seem to look like the ones in the books! Corrections are more than welcome!
All photos were taken in the areas covered by the following maps:
The first two, from DEFRA, show access to farmland and the third is a longer walk taking in West Acre. All three are downloadable PDF files. (You will need 'Acrobat Reader' to open them.)

http://countrywalks.defra.gov.uk/DisplayImage.aspx?Type=Mapboard&IFN=282200005A.pdf
http://countrywalks.defra.gov.uk/DisplayImage.aspx?Type=Mapboard&IFN=282200005B.pdf
http://www.countrysideaccess.norfolk.gov.uk/pdfs/walk-14.pdf

(click on thumbnails for larger image.)

  

Dragonfly, Ruddy Darter

Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff

Robin in Winter

Robin in Winter

Grey Wagtail

Grey Reed!

Grey Reed, Detail

Chaffinch

Swan Landing

Swan with Cygnets

Swan with Cygnets

Swans with Cygnets

Ugly Ducklings

Ugly Ducklings

Banded Agrion (Demoiselle) Male

Banded Agrion (Demoiselle) Male_2

Banded Agrion (Demoiselle) Female

Emperor Dragonfly

Emperor Dragonfly

Emperor Dragonfly - detail

Broad Bodied Chaser

Broad Bodied Chaser - Wing Detail

Damselfly

Damselfly - detail

Fish Food

Fed Fish!

Grass Snake Swimming by the South Acre Ford

Lichen

Lichen - Detail

Web Site with a Lot of Hits

Mullein Moth Caterpillar on Water Figwort

Large Skipper

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Red Admiral

Red Admiral 2

Ringlet with Soldier Beetles

Halt! Who goes there? 

Ringlet

Meadow Brown

  



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