A Glimpse of Toft Wildlife

With the current lockdown, I am spending more time than usual photographing in our local area rather than visiting neighbouring good nature areas but I am certainly enjoying the great range of species the village can provide. These range from the Cluster flies ready for squadron take off, hoveflies -  Myathropa (with the bat mark on the thorax) and Merodon (a great and variable mimic of bees), various solitary bees some very small so needed adjustment of depth of field, to hedgerow birds - Willow Warbler, Whitethroat and Yellow Hammer

Cow Parsley and Dandelions At Their Peak

Cow Parsley (or prettier folk name of Queen Anne's Lace) and Dandelions are at their peal flowering and seeding at the moment - probably a couple of weeks earlier than average. Our local walks are lined by banks of white and the grass is full of Dandelion clocks.

 

Wildflower Project 3

Continuing with my project to record all the wildflowers in my garden and my village in cambridgeshire, here are the next batch of flowers. As someone remarked, they do have wonderful names. Ivy-leaved toadflax, Ground Ivy, Lords and Ladies, Dandelion, Sowthistle, Plantain, Dock, Goosegrass, White Deadnettle, Wild Mustard, Greater Celandine, Periwinkle, Alkanet and Common Vetch.

 

 

Beautiful Evening Light in Toft

The evening light was very beautiful for our local stroll yesterday evening - all the rain has cleared the air. The yellow is quickly fading from the rape field as they set seed. 

May Day - Soft Focus in Toft Wood

A series of 'dreamy' shallow depth-of-field images taken in our local woodland or its edges with an Olympus 50mm 1.8 mm lens, mainly at f1.8. I love the soft effect that this legacy lens gives - quite unlike any of my modern lenses

Wildflower Project 2

This is the second set of wildflower images from my village in Cambridgeshire - Salad Burnet, Red Campion, Meadow Buttercup, Dusky Cranesbill, Forget-Me-Knot, Crosswort, Spurge and White Comfrey