Friday, 29 November 2013
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Squirrel Surprise
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Was absolutely astonished to see this little guy hop up onto the wall. |
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I have never seen one around here before. |
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He bolted over the wall onto a hedge, |
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then gone! |
Meet Stumpy
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Stumpy |
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I call him Stumpy because the talon on his second toe (The middle toe in front) is a stump; either broken or deformed. |
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Stumpy has learned that when I walk out the side of the house he can get food if he flies over my head a couple of times and caws at me. |
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Monday, 15 July 2013
Sunday, 14 July 2013
Scarlet elf cup: Sarcoscypha coccinea
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| Took this in early Spring; this bright red little fungus was dried and powdered and used by the North American Oneida and the Iroquois as a styptic - a sort of haemostatic agent. In England it was used as a table decoration. |
Lesser Black-backed Gull
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| Blistering July afternoon and this big fella's been patrolling the street all morning. |
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| He finally lands |
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| and approaches the food. |
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| A quick bite |
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| and he's off. |
Marmalade Hoverfly
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| This harmless little fly is a great pollinator and its larvae kill Aphids. Its colours mimic those of a wasp which gives it protection against predators but causes alarm among human sunbathers in back gardens all over the country. A tough thing to photograph in flight with a Nikon D3100 and a Nikkor 55-200 with no VR. |
Black-headed gull
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| The Black-headed gull, |
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| actually a chocolate brown in summer |
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| but black from a distance. |
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| This guy made a couple of passes looking for food. |
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| He landed quickly and was gone with the food before we could photograph him on the ground; much more beautiful in flight, though. |
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