Russet

I spent a couple of hours in Trench Wood this afternoon, and although I didn’t find much to trouble the shutter count, I came home more than happy with the photos my few subjects allowed me. Best of the day … Continued

Rainbow

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Trench Wood was a strange place today – warm and at least intermittently sunny, and with a fair amount of devil’s bit scabious still flowering, but virtually devoid of nectar-feeding inverts: across two hours I reckon I saw just three … Continued

Cinnamon

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I got a little bit overexcited when I first spotted this bug, thinking that I might have found a firebug, but by the time I’d taken its photo I’d realised that it was “the other one” – Corizus hyoscyami, the … Continued

Hopping

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When I took myself off to Trench Wood this morning I was hoping for two things: firstly, to avoid the thunderstorms that were threatened by the weather forecast, and secondly, to photograph some invertebrates I hadn’t yet captured on camera … Continued

Weevil Knievel

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I spent a couple of happy hours in Trench Wood this afternoon, getting some invertebrate therapy. I arrived in bright sunshine, but by the time I was walking back along the main ride towards the car park it had clouded … Continued

Tolerant

Every year I try to make myself love Grafton Wood, but I’ve never managed it yet. It’s a flagship reserve for the local branch of Butterfly Conservation, having breeding populations of both Purple and Brown Hairstreaks, along with Wood White, … Continued

Lesser hornet hoverfly

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Well. What can I say, other than thank you! I’ve been quite overwhelmed by all the lovely comments, stars, and hearts bestowed on yesterday’s milestone blip, and I’m truly grateful to everyone who responded. Many thanks to you all. The … Continued

Tortoise bug

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I looked with disfavour at the raft of tedious stuff that needed doing at home this morning, contemplated the fact that from Wednesday onwards I’m likely to be running flat-out for five straight days, eyed the weather (bright, sunny and … Continued