We went down to Dorset to look for Sand Lizards & Dartford Warblers.

Plenty of Swollen-thighed Beetles on the Dandelion Flowers.

The Male Sand Lizard showed very well on Higher Hyde Heath & 1 Common Lizard.

Also saw 2 Slow-worms briefly.

A Female or Immature Keeled Skimmer was seen on the heath.

Around Lytchett Bay NNR we saw 2 more Sand Lizards [Male & Female], Broad-bodied, Four-spotted & Scarce Chasers, Emperor Dragonfly, Azure Damselfly & Greater Water Boatman.

But no Dartford Warblers.

The first Male Silver-studded Blue of the year was seen on Hartland Moor & another 2 Males near Middlebeare.

Also on Middlebeare Heath, we saw 2 distant Cuckoos [Male & Female], Male Wall Brown, Stonechats, Small Heaths, Green Tiger Beetle & 3-4 Dartford Warblers.

Swoolen thighed Beetle [Male]
Sand Lizard [Male] (7)
Sand Lizard [Male] (11)
Sand Lizard [Male] (14)
Common Lizard [Female]
Sand Lizard [Female]
Broad-bodied Chaser [Female].JPG 1
Azure Damselfly [Male]
Silver studded Blue [Male] (3)
Common Cuckoo [Male] (2)
Wall Brown [Male].JPG 1
Dartford Warbler [Juvenile]
Sand Lizard [Male].JPG 1
Sand Lizard [Male] (6)
Sand Lizard [Male] (9)
Sand Lizard [Male] (13)
Common Lizard [Female] (2)
Sand Lizard [Female] (2)
Four-spotted Chaser.JPG 4
Silver-studded Blue [Male].JPG 2
Silver studded Blue [Male] (5)
Common Cuckoo [Male] (4)
Gren Tiger Beetle
Sand Lizard [Male] (3)
Sand Lizard [Male] (5)
Sand Lizard [Male] (10)
Sand Lizard [Male] (16)
Keeled Skimmer [Female or Immature] (2)
Sand Lizard [Female] (4)
Four-spotted Chaser (2).JPG 1
Greater Waterboatman
Silver studded Blue [Male] (4)
Common Cuckoo [Male] (3)
Small Heath.JPG 5
Dartford Warbler [Juvenile] (2)
Sand Lizard [Male] (4)
Sand Lizard [Male] (8)
Sand Lizard [Male] (12)
Sand Lizard [Male] (15)
Keeled Skimmer [Female or Immature]
Sand Lizard [Female] (3)
Broad-bodied Chaser [Female] (2).JPG 1
Emperor Dragonfly [Female].JPG 2
Silver-studded Blue [Male] (2).JPG 2
Common Cuckoo [Male]
Common Cuckoo [Male] (5)
Dartford Warbler [Male].JPG 1