A view of countryside life beyond my garden gate
Monday, 4 November 2013
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Robin's pincushion
Isn't it a great name!!!! Robin's pincushion is actually a gall caused by the tiny larvae of a gall wasp - found on wild roses - this is in the hedgerow on our lane
photography by Angela Smith
photography by Angela Smith
Sunday, 22 September 2013
rotting damsons - provide a feast
We went looking for speckled wood butterflies today - having arrived at the place in full sun, where I have seen plenty all week, not a single one appeared - we stood waiting to see one for a good five minutes or so and then caught a glimpse of one, so we moved on to where we saw it and found the reason why they weren't in their usual spot. They were feasting on rotting damsons...
we counted at least a dozen, several landed on me as I was taking the photos too and
others were landing on vegetation near by
we counted at least a dozen, several landed on me as I was taking the photos too and
others were landing on vegetation near by
Thursday, 19 September 2013
An Autumn walk - along the hedgerow
Just a few pictures from today's dog walk
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| speckled wood |
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| sloe |
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| hawthorn |
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| hazel |
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| hazel |
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| hazel |
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| damsons |
Monday, 16 September 2013
Dragonfly encounters
Today's walk and the dragonflies stayed still for me!
Southern hawker
Common darter
Southern hawker
Common darter
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Small pearl bordered fritillary - Isle of Mull
Sitting in the holiday cottage garden on the Isle of Mull enjoying the warm sunshine, watching the tide come in and the bees buzzing around the clover on the lawn,
a small heath butterfly landed near by,
so a butterfly hunt followed to see what else we had fluttering around the garden. We followed the small heath to a patch of flag iris to the rear of the garden, and up flew a blue! with the help of Mr S who followed the blue butterfly with his eyes and called up directions, I picked my way carefully through the irises to get to the blue. On my way I caught a flash of orange out of the corner of my eye, so I then ignore Mr S's directions and veer off to hunt for my orange butterfly calling down to Mr S' I think we have a frit!!!!' Mr S doesn't hear me and is still giving me directions to the blue - 'But it's a frit!!!! I find it sitting on a leaf close to the ground surrounded by iris leaves and Mr S comes up to see what I have found. Sure enough it was a fritillary, a beautiful small pearl bordered fritillary -
We never did get to the blue!
a small heath butterfly landed near by,
so a butterfly hunt followed to see what else we had fluttering around the garden. We followed the small heath to a patch of flag iris to the rear of the garden, and up flew a blue! with the help of Mr S who followed the blue butterfly with his eyes and called up directions, I picked my way carefully through the irises to get to the blue. On my way I caught a flash of orange out of the corner of my eye, so I then ignore Mr S's directions and veer off to hunt for my orange butterfly calling down to Mr S' I think we have a frit!!!!' Mr S doesn't hear me and is still giving me directions to the blue - 'But it's a frit!!!! I find it sitting on a leaf close to the ground surrounded by iris leaves and Mr S comes up to see what I have found. Sure enough it was a fritillary, a beautiful small pearl bordered fritillary -
We never did get to the blue!
Monday, 24 June 2013
Amazing what you can find on fence posts
Not always what you might expect
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| Dunnock |
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| Pied wagtail |
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| wellington boots |
Isle of Mull
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| Bunessan |
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| Bunessan |
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| Bunessan |
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| Bunessan |
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| Bunessan |
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| Tobermory |
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| Tobermory |
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| Tobermory |
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| Tobermory |
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| Tobermory |
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| Aros |
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| Kintra |
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| Ardalanish |
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| Ardalanish |
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