Hopper
What with one thing and another, today didn’t feel like a day for going out, so I contented myself with a garden mini-beast safari. I tapped this leafhopper – which definitely counts as a mini-beast, being only around 6mm long … Continued
Arachtober
I know that many of you hate wasps, so I thought you’d be pleased to see the fate that befalls increasing numbers of them at this time of year. You’re more than welcome. I was heading out this morning on … Continued
Missing link
I went to Croome this afternoon for another look at the Glossy Ibis, but there was no sign of them either at the lake or out along the ‘river’. It’s possible that they were roosting under cover of vegetation on … Continued
Yaffingale
This is a first winter male Green Woodpecker – his sex shown by the the red centre that’s starting to appear in his ‘moustache’, and his age apparent from the remnants of juvenile brown and white plumage still showing through … Continued
Beauty spot
Once or twice a season I walk round a corner in the garden and run smack into a Southern Hawker. If I have my wits about me, I can generally throw my bum into reverse in time to stop and … Continued
Metallic green predator
R and I went to Croome today, for lunch, walking, and odonates. The lunch and the walking were easily achieved, but Odonata were hard to find – at least until I made my second visit of the afternoon to the … Continued
Good grooming
When I wandered into the garden between the rain showers there weren’t many insects around apart from moth flies, and I thought I was going to need to dislodge someone from their roost to get a more interesting subject. But … Continued