Larks Rise Insects 1

A few insects from the trip to Lark Rise Farm. As it was fairly cool and rain threatened during the latter part of the visit, the butterflies were quite docile - here a Comma, Large Skipper, Marbled White, Green Veined White and Small White. Lots of Beetles, Flies and Lacewing

Lark Rise Farm Barton

Spent a very enjoyable morning, under glowering skies, 'bug' hunting around the hedgerows at Lark rise Farm (Countryside Restoration Trust). Delighted to find a couple of very young Wasp Spiders as well as a plethora of Flies, Shieldbugs and Frog hoppers. More insects to follow.

 

Bug's Eye View of Garden 2

 Here is the second set of images from my close-up images of the garden flowers using an Olympus Zuiko 50mm with 16mm extension ring, I shot at F1.8 getting in close amongst the flowers.

A Sculptor's Garden

John McGill is exhibiting his work in his garden in Toft as part of Open Studios for all the weekends in July. A wonderful treasure trove of bronze, stone and wood sculptures set in a wild garden where pigs fly and trees have ears. Enfolding Seasons (Book sculpture) and the Rooted Hand are my favourites. Well worth a visit 

Back at Welney Wildfowl Trust

Welney Wildfowl Trust are open for prebooked visits including the hides and summer walk (the cafe remains closed). We enjoyed a visit there on Thursday on a less than ideal cloudy and windy morning but great to see lots of species that we have been missing during lockdown Avocets, House Martins, Little Egret (seen off by Moorhen) and Black-Tailed Godwits. The house Martins and Swallows were busy catching insects etc from the water surface.

Bug's Eye View of My Garden

I wanted to try and portray the feeling of being surrounded by the huge variety of flowers in the garden at the moment, especially in the wildflower areas. Using my favourite legacy Olympus Zuiko 50mm with 16mm extension ring, I shot at F1.8 getting in close amongst the flowers. Here some of the yellow flowers which work well with this soft approach.