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Jon Hawkins, Surrey Hills Photography

Where to see wildlife in the summer

Summertime specials

Summer is a time of colour. By day, colours zip and dart along the waterside as kingfishers and dragonflies go about their business of hunting. Butterflies flit between flowers, reptiles bask in the sun, and seabirds clamour on the cliffsides. The activity goes on under cover of darkness - bats sweep swiftly through the air, natterjacks chatter and nightjars churr, while glow-worms adorn the night with pinpricks of light.

Meadow Crane's-bill

©Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

Wildflower meadows

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A badger stands alert, looking off into the distance, in a green field. Its striking black and white facial markings are clearly visible

Badger © Bertie Gregory/2020VISION

Badgers

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Emperor Dragonfly

©Mike Snelle

Dragonflies and damselflies

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Puffin on water

©Rob Jordan/2020VISION

Puffins

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Green-winged Orchid

©Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

Orchids

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Adder curled up in the grass, The Wildlife Trusts

Adder - ©Chris Lawrence

Reptiles

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Silver-studded Blue butterfly

Silver-studded Blue butterfly ©Chris Gomersall/2020VISION

Blue butterflies

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Mangerstadh beach, Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland.

Peter Cairns/2020VISION

Seaside wildlife

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Dartford warbler perched among pink flowers, The Wildlife Trusts
© Ben Hall/2020VISION

Dartford warbler

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European Spoonbill

©Amy Lewis

Spoonbills

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Nightjar silhouette, The Wildlife Trusts

© David Tipling/2020VISION

Nightjars

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Daubenton's bat

©Dale Sutton/2020VISION

Bats

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A kingfisher plunges down towards the water, its bright turquoise and orange colours glowing in the sunlight

Kingfisher © Malcolm Brown

Kingfishers

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Glow-worm

Glow-worm ©John Tyler

Glow-worms

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Avocet

©Bertie Gregory/2020VISION

Avocets

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Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly ©Bob Coyle

Woodland butterflies

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Peregrine - Mike Snelle

Mike Snelle

Peregrine falcons

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Skylark on post, The Wildlife Trusts

© Fergus Gill/2020VISION

Skylarks

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Gannets - Peter Cairns/Northshots

Peter Cairns/Northshots

Gannets

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Common Tern

©Richard Steel/2020VISION

Terns

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Swallowtail Butterfly

©Terry Whittaker/2020VISION

Swallowtail butterflies

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Badgeworth buttercup, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trusts

© Brian Clarke

Badgeworth buttercups

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Gannets flying, view from below, The Wildlife Trusts

© Lyndsey Maiden

Seabird cities

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Manx shearwater flying over sea, The Wildlife Trusts

© Chris Gomersall/2020VISION

Manx shearwaters

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Child holding toadlet closeup on palm, The Wildlife Trusts

© Ross Hoddinott/2020VISION

Toadlets

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Lapwing flock

©David Tipling/2020VISION

Bird migration

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Meathop Moss nature reserve, Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Meathop Moss nature reserve, Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Year round wildlife

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