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.

RSPB FRampton Marshes - All About Avocets

Avocets are very much in control of the wetland habitats at Frampton Marshes Nature Reserve and will attack any other bird within its territory (or not!) including Gadwall, Mallard and Spoonbills. They were also still actively mating, building  and sitting on nests as well as guarding the youngsters. 

Insects in the Vegetation RSPB Frampton Marsh

This is the selection of insects photographed in the vegetation on Wednesday at Frampton Marsh

Insects on Flowers at RSPB Frampton Marshes

It was a warm and sunny day for our visit to RSPB Frampton on Wednesday, a bit breezy for macro but there are several paths that I knew from previous visits would be sheltered and these proved excellent for insects. Here a selection of insects visiting flowers, predominately Dog Rose and Hogweed , starting with two very small but distinctive wetland Hoverflies and a Soldier fly.