On Gossamer Wings. There are many poems and songs featuring the phrase “on gossamer wings”. (I know this because I googled! It wasn’t only Cole Porter who used it!). But there is nothing like seeing the real thing close up. I spent a while one day last week watching Read more…
Dappled Sunlight in a Magical Wood. Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve is a small wood of about 100 acres in West Lancashire. The reserve comprises lakes, mature broadleaved and conifer woodland, sandy, wet meadows and heaths. It’s described on Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s website as A wildlife-rich haven in the heart Read more…
A Dragonfly smiled at me last week! Don’t ever let anyone tell you that dragonflies can’t smile. Of course they can and they often do. Here are the photographs to prove it. This Common Darter Dragonfly smiled at me and I smiled back at him. This one Read more…
This week we had a visit from a Painted Lady…. …..No! Not that kind of Painted Lady; this is Monday Macro after all! The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland. Each year, it spreads northwards from the Read more…
MONDAY MACROS: Large White and Green-veined White Butterflies. My Monday Macro series continues with a couple of shots of white butterflies taken yesterday in the garden. I think there is a Zen-like quality to time spent watching these elegant creatures flitting from flower to flower in search of nectar. (The Read more…