Monthly Archives: September 2017

Oh – there you are. I thought I’d completely lost you. So, I have two computers: a shiny lovely Mac, which I mainly use for photo stuff and bickering with people on Twitter, and an old Windows machine which I … Continued

Cabbage white butterflies are boring. Discuss. Well, on a day in the middle of summer when you can happily chase round after skippers, and blues (various), and the meadow is full of Marbled Whites and Small Tortoiseshells, and – oh … Continued

I spent the day in Somerset, taking part in a long exposures workshop at three sites on the coast: Clevedon, Burnham-on-Sea, and Weston-super-Mare. It was a pretty long and intense day, but huge fun, and I learned a lot. Not … Continued

After an overcast and miserable morning, the sun suddenly burst through in the middle of the afternoon, and within minutes the ivy hedges around the village were all literally humming with bugs. As well as scores of honey bees I … Continued

R’s voice from just behind me: “God, I hate Punch and Judy…” I don’t know what on earth is wrong with the man: what’s not to like about a good, old-fashioned, Punch and Judy? Not one of your mimsy, modern, … Continued

So, this afternoon I was out checking the ivy around the village, looking for female ivy bees – and not finding any – and it started to rain. Looking up, I saw that I was under the edge of a … Continued

He was not impressed by me. I was distinctly impressed by him though, and slightly wary of doing anything that might cause him to be more irritated than he already was. After getting this shot I tacitly agreed with him … Continued

This is another of the occasional series in which I spend two hours in a hide at a wetland reserve, and then post something I could perfectly well have taken without undertaking a half-hour drive followed by a half-mile walk. … Continued

As it was a nice morning, and it seemed too long since I was last at NT Croome, I zoomed off down to Pershore in the hope of finding some dragons. Sadness of the day: despite two circuits of the … Continued

I’m genuinely not grumbling about our weather – that would be grotesque, given what’s currently happening in the Caribbean and in Florida – but it’s been quite stormy here, and I didn’t manage to get out for a walk until … Continued