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Silver Washed Fritillary
2021 - 365 Project

189-365v4 Silver Washed Fritillary

We went for a walf through the rather lovely Hockley Woods today. Just outside Southend, it’s always surprising where you can find Sites of Special Scientific Interest, which this is one of. There were butterflies galore and I was rather kicking myself that I had left the macro lens in

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Hoverfly, Epistrophe grossulariae
2021 - 365 Project

188-365v4 Hoverfly v2

It’s only a couple of days since I posted my last picture of a (2) hoverfly. I think this is a shot that is different enough to be worth inclusion. I didn’t have to travel far for this specimen, just the back garden where it was sunning itself on a

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2021 - 365 Project

186-365v4 The (Macro) Fauna and Flora of Fowlmere RSPB

We took a stroll around the Fowlmere RSPB site near Cambridge today and, as has been standard through much of the year, I took along my Macro lens to photograph some of the bugs around the place. It’s a really lovely place, with super clear chalk springs feeding the streams

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Housefly
2021 - 365 Project

178-365v4 Housefly

Just your common or garden housefly…in the garden…at least, I think it’s a housefly, I’m no expert. We’ve had a big clear out of the garden and are waiting for a lot of the new plants to flower for the first time so we haven’t had the usual vloume of

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Side view of the bug
2021 - 365 Project

011-365v4 Unexpected Bonus

Having just enjoyed some grapes following my luncheon (very middle class don’t ya know) Debbie, my wife, smiled and asked if i would like to see the bonus that came with the grapes? Sure, I said, what was it? I think I’d have prefered not to have known 😉 It

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Mark Seton

I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys music. I'm a past Chairman and Digital Secretary of the Bishops Stortford Camera club and I hold both LRPS and CPAGB distinctions. I have recently moved to Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders.