Another of those days when I wished I had the 300 mm lens with me. A Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) ...

After three days of what seemed like incessant drizzle I could get out this afternoon with the cameras again. That ...

My 90-minute walk this morning seemed destined to become another ‘fungus day’ until I came across this early-emerging Buff-tailed Bumblebee ...

Yet another of those days when I wished I had the 300 mm lens with me. It is, though, a ...

First up today, as a follow-on from yesterday’s post I have a further image showing the sepals of the Cherry ...

A good walk largely uninterrupted by photo opportunities. Only once did the cameras come out of my shoulder bag, at ...

The south-eastern corner of the Downs was where I headed this morning, where I found a flock of at least ...

While photographing fungus on a fallen tree trunk, possibly Common Tarcrust (Diatrype stigma), I was aware of a small insect ...

Found on an ash stump this morning were the early-stage fruiting bodies of a slime mould, possibly Badhamia utricularis. They ...

Belmont - Monday, 23 Feb 2026 This morning a Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) was circling over the north-east quadrant of ...

The above average temperature and sunshine of the past two days has brought the first butterfly out of hibernation, a ...

The warmer weather continues and has coaxed more insects into awakening from their winter slumber. After the first sighting of ...

A windy day so I kept mainly within the woodland and continued with my recent tactic of searching under loose ...

Another windy day, so another search of the woodland floor for something of interest. In one small area I turned ...