Hive Beach Burton Bradstock (NT)

Our first choice of venue for our trip had to be Hive Beach - with its sandy beach, thrift-covered cliff walk, shingle flower specialities at Cogdon beach (Yellow-horned poppies, Sea kale and Sea Campion) and picturesque village (Burton Bradstock) complete with stream and meadows (insects etc to follow). No orchids anywhere but a great amount of the very local Adders' Tongue and wild Foetid Iris

Wicken Fen (NT) in the Summer

An attempt to show the essence of  Wicken Fen on a sunny day. The stars are the White Water lillies at their best in all the Lodes. Large numbers of Willow Emerald Damselflies and Ruddy Darters as well as larger species such as Emperor and Brown Hawker - too fast to capture. Birdlife fairly limited and the heat produced too much haze for clear shots across the water. Common Blue and Argos Brown butterflies photographed

 

Willington Insects

 There is always a good variety of insects at Willington and Friday was no exception with lots of banded Demoiselles, White-legged Damselflies, Gall flies. Pond Skaters and butterflies

A Hot Morning in the Woods

The Woodland Belt at Wimpole is closed except one short path through Eversden Woods. I hope these infrared images give a feel of the almost impenetrable wildness of ivy and undergrowth that is developing in the undisturbed parts of the wood.

Dorset 14. Studland Beach and Nature Reserve

We visited Studland Nature Trust Nature reserve last Thursday on a really hot day and, after a morning recording some of the wildlife speicalities of the area, had lunch on Shell Beach playing with slow shutterspeed and multiple exposure. The species shown are Raft Sspider, Emperor moth caterpillar, Meadow Grasshopper, Keeled Skimmer, Dune Robberfly, Red Wood Ant and Sundew