On patrol
I zoomed over to Trench Wood ‘for an hour’ this morning, and wound up staying nearly four. The whole site was teeming with butterflies – I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen them at such a density in the wild … Continued
March for Change
And goodness knows, we need some. R and I went to London for another pro-EU demonstration, this one organised by Scientists for EU. It was a much smaller event than the one in March, on which we shuffled forward so … Continued
The only way is Essex
Me: “Well, look at you two! Those antennae look as though the ends have been dipped in ink, so you must be – “ Male Essex Skipper (huffily decoupling): “Having a private moment – or so we thought.” Me: “Soz … Continued
Bendy Demoiselle
Yes, I know: it’s another Banded Demoiselle. But I only kept five photos from today, and three of them were of this handsome young chap. And pretty soon they’ll be gone, and then you’ll have months of me photographing my … Continued
Low profile
There was an organised moth and butterfly walk at Trench Wood at 9am this morning, but as I’ve now retired from my long-running semi-professional pretence of being organised, I thought it best to wait till the participants had all had … Continued
His Royal Purpleness
I was tired this morning, after all the gadding about and silversmithing(!), so I resisted the temptation to do a major road trip, and went back to Oversley Wood in search of butterflies. I arrived at 9am, meeting a chap … Continued