Insects from West Scrub Paxton

A warm day for our survey of West Scrub area at Paxton Pits yesterday. The markings on the White-backed Tortix Moth (Hedya salicella) remind me of a Chinese landscape - the red tufts on the shoulders are part of its patterning. The second photo shows what appears to be a mispairing of a Buff-tailed female with a male Tree Bumblebee. Otherwise lots of Plant Bugs, Beetles and Hoverflies

Garden Hemiptera (Bugs!!)

 The warm conditions yesterday certainly brought out all the Hemipterans in the garden. Here the ones I have managed to ID. There seem to be endless species on the oak tree - a day's work sometime!! The nymph eating aphids on the rose bud show their value in the garden and I was surprised to find how many aphid species there are and often restricted to a single plant family eg. the Knapweed Aphid.

RSPB Frampton Invertebrates Recorded June 2025

Finally sorted and identified, as far as possible, the invertebrates that I photographed on my visits to Frampton Marshes last week. 

Frampton Birds 8th June

 I made a third visit to Frampton on the last day of our Lincolnshire holiday and concentrated in the morning on the birdlife, especially the Sedge Warblers and Reed Bunting in the reeds, the Spoonbills feeding, Sand Martins at their artificial bank, a visiting Red-crested Pochard, Lapwings and Little Ringed Plover.

Boston Stump and Town

On Thursday, the rest of our group went off to Lincoln, which we have visited several times before, so we spent the day walking into Boston, looking round the town, starting with the Guildhall and spending time  inside the Stump (St Botophs Church) enjoying the wood carving, reredos  etc.

Gunby Hall NT Lincolnshire Infrared

 Yesterday was a day of very heavy showers and stormy skies for a visit to Gunby Hall, an interesting NT house with wonderful gardens and grounds (and a good tearoom!). For some of the day, I used my compact Sony RX100 which I had converted for infrared photography. Here are a few views - I usually concentrate on scenes with a mixture of buildings and vegetation and on trees.