Insects in Summer Garden

I try to record the insects in the garden most days.  Even with the drought conditions, there are enough plants and flowers to support a very varied fauna. Yesterday there were Hoverflies, Greenbottle, Woolly Carder Bees, several species of Plant Bug, two species of Snail-killing Flies and Ichneumon Wasps.

Paxton Pits Birds

I was to have run a macrophotography  workshop at Paxton today but it would have been too hot out on the open areas so made an early morning visit just to see what birds are around. Very large numbers of Cormorants many in moult and just sitting around. Fewer Herons thanI expected but varied Waders - Lapwings, Green Sandpipers, Snipe etc and of course Ducks - in eclipse and difficult to distinguish. Kingfishers heard and seen briefly.

Drought Declared in East Anglia

A few images from an early walk in Toft where everything other than large trees are now the colour of straw. The Hares and Rabbits and our Golden Retriever, Ted,  matched with the environment perfectly.

Garden Insects - Devising Catalogue System

With the drastic changes to our climate that we are witnessing at the moment, I am trying to record and then systemise the insects etc in the garden. I want to have the image and its suggested ID displayed in a single image. These are using Lightroom print module to display the title field of the metadata with the image. These are the flies, bugs and beetle recorded yesterday; hymenoptera, spiders etc to follow! In retrospect, the date would be useful and perhaps location

Infrared at sandy RSPB HQ

A few favourite infrared images from a trip to RSPB Sandy last week. Jpegs from Sony RX100; no postprocessing; all at F4, there is a central hotspot when into the light.