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Synchronised …. flying?
I’ve seen flocks of pigeons flying in a tight-knit formation quite often, but it’s not that common to see a flock of crows flying together. You could hear them long before you could see them, and I do wonder where they were heading! A little while later, two crows returned and were swooping and diving…
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It’s June – you know what that means?
….yes that’s right, it’s time for #30dayswild again! This year my aim is to be wild every day in June, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to get outside every day. After all, not everyone can actually get out of the house every day, so I want to prove that you can be wild while staying indoors too! I…
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Morning Goldfinch
The Goldfinches are proving to be regular visitors to a few seed feeders in the neighbourhood, but this one was quite happy to perch in the trees and just watch the others fighting over the seeds. #30dayswild
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What do you see?
I thought I’d finish off #30dayswild with a little challenge for you – what do you see when you look at the photo below? I reckon some of you said you saw the hill, some maybe noticed the white cottage in the distance, and some others might have spotted the bee on the flower…. but did…
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Micro Moths (updated)
I spotted the tiniest of moths sitting on the kitchen door – it really was small, and surprisingly had really intricate details on its wings. After taking the photo, we caught it and released it outside, but since then I’ve been flicking through the Moth identification books and websites to try and work out what it actually was….…
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Mottled Moth
Before I start, I will apologise for the slightly blurry photos – they were taken in poor light in the garden, and I didn’t want to use the flash in case it disturbed the moth! It’d chosen an unusual place to rest for the day; inside a large unused plant pot. The moth is a particularly…
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Crane Flies
I thought I’d go with an unusual angle for today – this insect was clinging to the outside of the window this morning, posing perfectly for a photo. The only trouble is that I’ve obviously only seen the underside of the insect, and most identification photos are taken from the top! Just going on the…
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Thunderstorms and Funnel Cloud?
As you’ve probably realised by now, I enjoy taking photos of cloudscapes – so when I heard some rumbles of thunder in the distance yesterday, I set up my camera at the window to see what I could spot. While I was taking the photos for a potential animation showing the clouds coming over, I…
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Butterfly Watching
Following on from yesterday, it’s not just the bees that are keen on the nectar from the Blackberry flowers – this butterfly spent quite a while on one particular flower. Looking through my butterfly book, I thought maybe this was a Meadow Brown Butterfly…. but none of the pictures in the book show three small spots on the underside…
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Buzzing Bees on a Blackberry Bush
Although you can buy Blackberry plants from garden centres, they grow readily in the wild: the side of the lane was full of the thorny stems and flowers, with plenty of bees gathering nectar. As I was taking photos, two passers-by stopped to look at the flowers. Commenting to each other on the abundance of “blossom”…