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.
©Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
Wildflower meadows
Experience
Bertie Gregory/2020VISION
Badgers
Experience
©Mike Snelle
Dragonflies and damselflies
Experience
©Rob Jordan/2020VISION
Puffins
Experience
©Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
Orchids
Experience
Adder - ©Chris Lawrence
Reptiles
Experience
©Chris Gomersall/2020VISION
Blue butterflies
Experience
Peter Cairns/2020VISION
Seaside wildlife
Experience
| © Ben Hall/2020VISION |
Dartford warbler
Experience
©Amy Lewis
Spoonbills
Experience
© David Tipling/2020VISION
Nightjars
Experience
©Dale Sutton/2020VISION
Bats
Experience
Kingfisher © Malcolm Brown
Kingfishers
Experience
Glow-worm ©John Tyler
Glow-worms
Experience
©Bertie Gregory/2020VISION
Avocets
Experience
©Bob Coyle
Woodland butterflies
Experience
Mike Snelle
Peregrine falcons
Experience
© Fergus Gill/2020VISION
Skylarks
Experience
Peter Cairns/Northshots
Gannets
Experience
©Richard Steel/2020VISION
Terns
Experience
©Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Swallowtail butterflies
Experience
© Brian Clarke
Badgeworth buttercups
Experience
© Lyndsey Maiden
Seabird cities
Experience
© Chris Gomersall/2020VISION
Manx shearwaters
Experience
© Ross Hoddinott/2020VISION
Toadlets
Experience
©David Tipling/2020VISION
Bird migration
Experience
Meathop Moss nature reserve, Cumbria Wildlife Trust