Duo
I’m starting to get the hang of this taking fewer photos thing, I think – helped today by the fact that there was barely anything out and about in the garden, and I didn’t have the time or inclination to … Continued
Wombling free
So, this was a nice garden find. Bishop’s Mitre Shieldbugs are common in eastern and central England, south of a line from the Mersey to the Humber, but I don’t find many in the village, and it’s three years since … Continued
Breakfast time
7.45am. I walked into the kitchen, picked up the kettle, turned to the sink, glanced out of the window, put down the kettle, backed slowly away from the window, then turned and scuttled for the stairs. Having retrieved camera from … Continued
The ones that got away
This juvenile Green Woodpecker spent a few minutes this morning digging ants out of the barren wasteland that’s currently standing in for our top lawn, but some of them managed to evade the sticky, probing tongue: if you view the … Continued