Two blues
My best spot of the day today was a male Scarce Chaser, which swooped down over the Long Deep Pond at Cleeve Prior Community Orchard while I was checking it for damselflies. Sadly, he banked away and disappeared before I … Continued
Buttercup Blacklet
Today was the first of the month’s two Bank Holidays. To me these are and always will be May Day and Whitsuntide, but officially they’re called the Early May and Spring Bank Holidays. This shows a depressing lack of imagination, … Continued
Celebratory
I’ve had the insurance claim form for a cancelled trip on my desk for nearly a month now, and every day I’ve managed to find reasons for avoiding tackling it. Today it finally hit the top of my to-do list, … Continued
Thunder thighs
I paid a disappointing visit to Grove Hill this afternoon, en route to an extremely trying session of beating my head against the brick wall of bureaucracy. All in all, not the best of days, though having L at my … Continued
False oil beetles
I took the cameras and went on an invert hunt around the village this morning, so that R could do some recording without the risk of me absent-mindedly slamming a door or something, and ruining his work. By far my … Continued
Babe
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Speckled bush crickets are pretty strange little beasts even as adults, but the nymphs are so bizarre I find it hard to believe they’re real, even when I’ve got one cowering in front of me, wondering if I’m about to … Continued
Fruitworms
I did quite a lot of gardening this afternoon, which seemed like a good idea at the time, though my back is now telling me that I’ll be sorry later. But at least it got me away from my desk … Continued
