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Hot weather changes everything’s behaviour. Butterflies are flying, plants are flowering, bees are buzzing and young people on the beach at Eastbourne …
Hot weather changes everything’s behaviour. Butterflies are flying, plants are flowering, bees are buzzing and young people on the beach at Eastbourne …
How do you hide on a blade of grass? Simple, make yourself look like a part of the plant. That’s exactly what …
There’s a moth on my doormat. I’m not sure whether it’s been wiping all six of its feet or not. Looking closely …
I’ve spent 40 years as a photographer and had to face the constant indignity of people expressing their views on my photographs. …
I’m in a large meadow in East Sussex in the heat watching butterflies. They are a nightmare to photograph in this heat …
Seagulls are masters of surprise. I’m in Teignmouth this morning and there are warning signs everywhere about the gulls. Herring Gulls are …
I’ve become inordinately attracted to Hoverflies. Should I be worried? This one is Eristalis pertinax. Apparently I should know that because of …
There’s time to visit Stover Country park and see some wildlife today. I’m taking my dad along so he can experience one …
Calling a Damselfly the ‘Azure Damselfly’ makes it sound much more exotic than if you called it the Blue Damselfly. There are, …
Pond skaters are such common bugs. There must be millions of them. I’m leaning over the fence trying to focus on one …
I have a 13.5 Tog duvet on my bed. It’s June. Maybe I should change it. I think perhaps the same thoughts …
I’m walking in the fields next to the car park at Beachy Head. This really is life on the edge. With a …
There’s a Jackdaw on the cliffs at Beachy Head in East Sussex. It has its beak open and is panting in this …
If any species in the animal world is going to be found asking for cash to ‘look after’ your car then it …
A Goat’s Beard seed-head is like a Dandelion clock on steroids. Tragopogon pratensis has long seeds and beautiful upside-down umbrella parachutes: Each …
There’s a smile on the side of this chalk hill at Beachy Head in East Sussex. The heat is intense and I …
It’s the end of echelon parking. It says so on the sign. I’m glad they told me that. Goodbye echelon parking: it …
For Day 19 of #30DaysWild I’m working inside all day and then have a six hour car drive across the country. It’s …
Photography is all about perspective. Any subject can be rendered strange, unusual, unsettling, quirky or simply different by the slightest change in …
I’m in the South, standing in a Marsh and surrounded by Orchids. Could they be Southern Marsh Orchids, I wonder?
…unless you’re a spider.
Life is a sequence of experiences. The ones I’ve treasured most have been ones that I’ve shared, with people, with family and …
Beautiful Demoiselles are beautiful by name and vicious killers by nature. I see a male clasping a fern, here on the side …
An evening looking at the fields. It really is an adventure in red sandstone soil. A week ago there was little trace …
Wandering along the River Dart in Devon I see a dead tree brimming with fungi. They look like Pleurotus cornucopiae to me. …
It’s wet all along the River Dart in Devon. There are pool of stagnant water in channels where the River used to …
It’s Day 13 of #30DaysWild, the scheme run by the Wildlife Trusts to get people to have wild experiences in June. I’ve …
I’m admiring the Beautiful Demoiselles on the River Dart in Devon and I’ve spotted this strange insect on a fern in front …
The sign says Bullfinch so my hopes are up. But there’s nothing. I’d love to get some decent shots but there are …
Cycling, photography, sunshine, white wine and pasta. And cats. Welcome to Italy.