Solitary
I’m confident that this won’t be my best shot this season of a hairy-footed flower bee, but getting the first one of the year on camera at all tends to be a challenge, because they’re highly reactive when they’re fresh. … Continued
Improvement
It was still cold and grey for much of the day, but at lunch time the cloud thinned briefly, and the light improved. I don’t think I’ve moved so fast in quite a while – bounding upstairs to grab the … Continued
Under-floor heating
R and I went to Cardiff today, where the Boy Wonder seemed happy to see us after a fortnight’s gap. We noticed another step change in his vocabulary and grammar, and one or two behavioural changes (not all of them … Continued
Apophenia
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Is it just me, or are the starlings drawing a starling here? Assuming you can see them – it was virtually dark when I took this photo, which is the last of my keepers from this evening. There’s something strange … Continued
Arty farty disco hat
With the normal proviso that I’m not an expert (in anything) and that there could well be other species that look very similar, I’m going to assert that this tiny fungus is Lachnum virgineum, which is known in the UK … Continued
