As it is turning autumnal I expect to be seeing fewer and fewer butterflies, so I thought I’d post a few of those I’ve seen recently. From a couple of weeks ago, this is the one and only shot I’ve had of a Small Copper this year. It’s not great, but as it was the…… Continue reading Last Butterflies
Category: Nature Diary
Autumn Bounty
Autumn is firmly here, despite a few warm days. Mornings start cold and misty, and today there was a touch of frost. The trees are changing colour. Currently the Beech is turning yellow and later in the year it will turn to brown. Along the wall by the church, the cotoneaster is covered in berries…… Continue reading Autumn Bounty
Beginnings of Autumn
I thought I’d do a little country diary catch-up today and let you know what is going on in nature around the village at the moment. Well, it feels very much like autumn to me – the temperature has been consistently lower, the mist hangs across the river in the morning, and some of the…… Continue reading Beginnings of Autumn
Last Honeysuckle?
The Honeysuckle growing up on the trellis outside my living room window is having a go at flowering, despite not managing a single flower for the rest of the summer! It got cut back rather vigorously last year along with the clematis that was trying to pull of my guttering! I thought it was dead.…… Continue reading Last Honeysuckle?
Raindrops & Spiders
There’s not a lot to see in the garden this evening. It’s been raining much of the day and I took a brief potter about, but there wasn’t much sun left and it was mostly raindrops and spiders … so that is what you get! Looking forward to a week off work next week. Fingers…… Continue reading Raindrops & Spiders
Fruit & Nut
As the weather has taken an autumnal turn, I thought I’d share some photos of fruits and nuts growing in the hedgerows. First we have some sloes which are the fruit of the Blackthorn: Hazelnuts: Lots of juicy blackberries: And the beautiful Dog Roses have now become Hips:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Containers
I was thinking about the Weekly Photo Challenge, which is about ‘Containers’ this week … and wondering if there was anything I take photos of that would fit. As you know I’m mainly nature and macro, and don’t take a lot of photos of anything industrial, which is what the word containers make me think…… Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Containers
Lavender recovery
Just over a month ago (I think) I decided to rescue my Lavender bush. It was only small, planted last year in the middle of the flowerbed. This year I’d been waiting to see it growing, but no sign of it, and in the end I waded in and found it was drowned underneath everything…… Continue reading Lavender recovery
Benefits of Meadow Grass
If you let your grass grow tall into a beautiful meadow, you get this reward at this time of year … Soldier Beetles everywhere. I think it is their time to get out and about and find a mate, and since we let the grass grow tall in the back garden, they are in their…… Continue reading Benefits of Meadow Grass
Buddleia
I have a lot of photos that I sadly haven’t shared yet, so I’m going to try and sort them all out and post them. Firstly here are a couple of shots of the Buddleia. This is actually from a few days again as now many of the flower heads are fully open. Strangely we…… Continue reading Buddleia
