Graceful

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I suppose you’d say that she’s a wasp mimic, though with that long, elegant body she’s not a very good one. She’s a Sphaerophoria – probably S. scripta, because in England that’s the most common species of this genus, and … Continued

Chasing

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I was tired and out-of-sorts today, largely because of my increasing anxiety about the hideous political mess we’re in at the moment, and a lack of any optimism that it’ll get better any time soon. I didn’t really feel like … Continued

Hawking

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I went to Trench Wood this afternoon in search of a fairly rare colour variant of the Silver-washed Fritillary, which turns up there each year and has been reported a few times over the past couple of weeks. I didn’t … Continued

Kelmscott

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“It’s my thing,” I said, frowning. “I know it’s your thing,” said R. “But you don’t have to do your thing absolutely every day. You could post architecture every now and then.” “To give everyone a break, you mean?” “Well…. … Continued

Small Copper

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Occasionally, I know what I want to photograph and where I might find it, and when I go to that place my subject is there and I get the shot I want. Very occasionally. Yesterday my camera battery ran out … Continued

Brown

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After a pretty frustrating few hours at my desk, I stomped off out with the macro in the middle of the afternoon, in a very bad temper. Not having the time to go anywhere better, I walked up the village … Continued

Resting

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R and I made another early trip to Croome today, completing our walk just as the park was beginning to fill up and before the day became too hot. Most of the dragons at the lake this morning were male … Continued

Brown Hawker

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After the relief of a couple of cooler days, today’s temperature was back up in the high twenties and the humidity was through the roof; so I bunked out of another nature reserve walk, and went to Stratford for lunch … Continued

Fresh

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My find of the day at Oversley Wood this morning was this lovely, fresh Painted Lady, which given its pristine condition must have been born here – an offspring of migrants that arrived earlier in the summer from North Africa. … Continued

Titfer

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R says that this butterfly reminds him of a hat, perched at a stylish angle on the head of an elegant woman. I don’t know who he could be thinking of, but it certainly wouldn’t be me: although I do … Continued