Dorset 3: Early Morning Stroll

There are seven fishing lakes here where we are staying in Dorset so an early morning stroll gives lots of opportunity for insect and spider photographs of dew-covered species.

Dorset 2:Powerstock Common

This is our usual first site to visit on our traditional CCC week's visit to Dorset and there was plenty to photograph including this Lizard sunbathing on a leaf though insects were not as abundant as previous years (shown Alder Spittlebug, Bloody nosed Beetle, caterpillar of Common Blue Butterfly, Broad-Bodied Chaser, Four-Spot Chaser, Large Skipper, Meadow Brown and Speckled Wood). Bee Orchids are in short supply but plenty of Common Spotted Orchids plus Heath Spotted Orchids on the Heathland areas

Dorset 1: Welcome to Kingcombe

A bit of a wet start to our stay in Dorset but the snails are happy. Great to walk in the flower-filled meadows and find orchids in large numbers.

Toft Parish Walk

On Sunday, our village in Cambridgeshire did its Annual 'May' Parish walk of the northern/western boundaries of the village, this year delayed to coincide with the Jubilee weekend.  It is a walk that I have done once or often more times in a week for the last 53 years since I moved to Toft and it is always a delight with the great views from the higher viewpoints. Unfortunately the weather was not kind but it didn't put off the walkers on their route up to and along Hardwick Wood (though the boots had to be removed before the lunchtime soup!!). The Historical Society produced notices showing the old names for the fields - recorded here in situ for comparison with older and, hopefully, future views of the areas.