Unexpected

“Unexpected Hairstreak in the leafhopper area…” I was on my way to Grafton Wood this morning, for another attempt on the Emerald Damselflies, when I suddenly realised that I couldn’t quite be bothered to walk across four fields and a … Continued

White legs

After being stuck at home for nearly forty eight hours I was raging to be out and about, but the weather outside my study window wasn’t enticing, and neither of my weather apps was optimistic. By this point in the … Continued

Small Poplar Borer

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I’d been planning an early trip to Trench Wood this morning, but the weather forecast told me it was likely to be stormy there, and even though I didn’t really believe it, this isn’t a place where you want to … Continued

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