Fur coat
I spent the morning torturing myself with stress, upgrading the firmware of the R5. I’ve now come to the conclusion that I either need to do this every single time they release an update, so I can remember the procedure … Continued
Speckled Wood
After breakfast this morning we piled gear and ourselves into the car and drove over to Wales, to deliver the Boy Wonder back to his father at Tredegar House. Half way down the motorway, the Boy demanded a song. “What … Continued
Nine
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“What are you going to do for your nine-year thingy?” enquired R yesterday. “Oh, bugger,” I said. “I’d completely forgotten.” And then, “I’m going to go to Trench Wood, and find nine interesting invertebrates.” Several things occur to me about … Continued
Speckled Wood
There are now four or five male Speckled Wood butterflies competing for possession of my garden, winding each other up, and having regular “fights” over the best basking spots. They’re quite annoying, to be honest, not least because they also … Continued
Incoming
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Another day in the garden saw a border that has never been cleared in the two decades we’ve lived here finally get tidied, edged, and mulched. In the process of which I broke an edging iron on the rock-hard ground … Continued
Butterfly of the day
Everywhere I’ve been today, there have been multiple fresh Speckled Wood butterflies flitting about. This species goes through two or three generations a year, depending on location and on the weather, and can be seen on the wing any time … Continued
Speckled Wood
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I was stalking a tiny and uncooperative Holly Blue around the garden with a long lens this afternoon, when I was distracted by some butterflyish fluttering up in the top of the weeping pear tree. It took me a while … Continued