Snap
I had to go to Stratford this morning to buy some shoes – an errand on which R conspicuously failed to offer to join me, presumably because he knew how likely it was to end in bitterness and recrimination. I’m … Continued
Transformer
“He’s the one I want,” I said to R, trying to track this individual in the midst of a feeding mêlée, “because he’s almost into his breeding plumage.” In truth though, male and female black-headed gulls are identically marked, and … Continued
Weevil huddle
I was starting to worry that I might have posted a surfeit of roosting pairs of Oxystoma pomonae weevils over the past few weeks, so I went out into the garden this afternoon and found a quartet of them. Don’t … Continued
Reflected glory
R wanted to go into Stratford first thing after breakfast, but I had a couple of urgent things to do at home first which held us up, and by the time we made it into town the clouds were building … Continued
