I have really needed a new camera for over a year, and meant to get one back in the Spring, last year, or at least I said I'd explore th...

Actually it's the second, I saw my first flying bee about three weeks ago, even as the weather was closing in for the 'Beast from th...

I'm well behind with these, I've taken lots interesting stuff in June and July, but these are actually from May! I'll post soldi...

I like the hornets, they get a bad press, but are in fact less aggressive than wasps (who are - themselves - less aggressive than their pr...

I know we've had that title before, but i'm not feeling inventive today and I haven't posted wildlife for ages, these were shot ...

I spent the afternoon rewarding myself for all that mud-puddling! And the bee-stings; 5 and counting this year, only 7 in the whole of last ...

Clearing-out/scanning old pictures, I came across these and thought they were fun, so low-res as they are I'm going to subject you to th...

A bit of a test tonight, these are all taken with the new camera. My old Samsung , which had given sterling service for about two years to d...

These are currently very common on the roadside verges and in the hedgerows of this still remarkably green and relatively pleasant land. Wat...

 ...get off of my clo...er...Flower! These are probably my favourite UK beetle, there is a small one which looks just like a little app...

Although I've mostly been photographing beetles in the last few weeks, there are a few other interesting things to show over the next fe...

Which would be a good name for lipsticks of a certain shade! This little beauty is a wolf in sheep's clothing; the Red (or 'scarlet...

Not trying to score one-upmanship points against John of John's Toy Soldiers blog who had a really nice dark, blackish one visit his gar...