Pellucid porn
It’s not often that I laugh when I see something eminently photographable at the one moment in the entire day when I’m not carrying a camera, but this scene genuinely made me chuckle. I turned the laugh into a cough … Continued
Frisky
posted in: Butterflies, Flowers and plants, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire |
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Although it was still very cloudy today, the wind dropped and the temperature rose a little, which brought the inverts out of their shelters, and me out of the house with a camera. I found quite a few nice subjects … Continued
Flowery bower
The weather turned slightly stormy today – it it was cold and intermittently rainy through the morning, and even when the sky lifted in the afternoon it was far too windy for comfort. The Red Arrows performed over Ragley Hall … Continued
Hoverating
I was raging to go out in search of dragons today, and had several potentially good sites in mind, but the weather forecasts for all of them suggested that if I went I had around a 30% chance of being … Continued
Great pied hoverfly
A dreary morning gave way to a better (though patchy) afternoon, at which point R and I took ourselves off to Stratford for errands, cake, and a river walk. I was very happy to find at least twenty Banded Demoiselles … Continued
Bluetail
posted in: Damselflies, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Odonata, Warwickshire, Worcestershire |
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A busy day today saw me over in Chipping Norton first thing for a haircut, then zooming through to Stratford (roof down to dry my still-damp hair, which is why I now look quite a lot like Struwwelpeter) to insert … Continued
