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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

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

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

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

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

We have a lot of lavender in the back garden and the bees love it.

Hoverfly coming in to taste the nectar on this pretty plant.

A lovely example of this pretty woodland butterfly found in Rowney Woods.
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