'Painted' Portraits

An evening at Toft Photogroup playing around with a slide projector, some old slides and a couple of willing models, commencing with  'Van Gogh' portrait

Insect Activity in Cambridgeshire

Although overcast and breezy, lots of insects active today including a new Sawfly, an Andrena minutula bee, a cream-coloured Ladybird, and two new plant bugs in addition the brown and green forms of Palomena prasina.

Just the Weather for (Counting) Ducks

 Sunday was the March WeBS (Wetland Bird Survey) Count at Paxton Pits. It started overcast and misty but soon the rain started and by the end was very heavy. The best 'count' was certainly the single male Smew but the large numbers of dabbling ducks (Teal, Shovellers) together with Coots, Gadwall etc and Geese on the flooded meadows will be the lasting memory

Madingley Hall

Sunny warm morning for our CCC outing to Madingley Hall - ideal for full-spectrum infrared photography. 

Oldbury Cameos

Another walk around Oldbury yesterday centred on the very impressive electricity station and surrounding buildings and their security measures.