2025 damselflies

Seeing as it's been such a terrible year for damselflies and demoiselles, I thought I would post all the photographs that [...]

Running…

Now we have moved into autumn, the change in the weather is quite dramatic. Windows that had been left open for months [...]

East Blean

With butterfly season coming to an end, I thought I had better finish writing about this year's trip to East Blean woods [...]

Last days of summer

With just a few days left until meteorological autumn, I find myself looking forward to a new season. This summer has [...]

My camera died yesterday

It's taken weeks for me to pluck up the courage to get out with the camera after losing Chai. Yesterday, I bit the bullet and booked [...]

Baby coots

This has been the worst year that I can remember for photography of any kind. A few bugs appeared in mid-May [...]

Green-eyed craneflies

I don't feel much like writing a new blog post right now and yet here we are... not far from the end of July [...]

Chai is gone

We lost our beautiful Chai yesterday afternoon. Rescued in Romania at just ten weeks old [...]

Tame heath fritillary

I'm sitting here in the study, waiting for a phone call from the vet, so I will keep this blog post brief. Last month I had a rather [...]

Elmley cormorant

I need to book another day at Elmley soon. I have no idea what is there at the moment, but I could really do with a day [...]

Autumn deer

It's certainly been the strangest start to a year that I can remember. The winter ended with endless torrential rain [...]

Felix and his pink mouse

I thought I had better write a blog post about Felix and his favourite mouse before it goes missing forever. Although it's wonderful [...]

Bluebells

I missed the bluebells again! The truth is that although I love seeing them in our local woods, I have never really been out with [...]

Sonea in the sun

Sonea is a chocolate smoke Devon Rex and is the third cat I have had of this breed. I was fascinated by tales of their strong personalities [...]

Green tiger beetles

I had seen the occasional photograph of a green tiger beetle in a general UK and Europe bug group on Facebook. They appeared to inhabit [...]

Bee fly

Bee flies must be like buses. You don't see one for ages and then several turn up at once [...]

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