Who ate all the birdseed then? I love Macro photography but it doesn’t always have to be about showing tiny insects in great detail – although 99% of my macros do just that! For this week’s MONDAY MACRO I’ve chosen two pictures of small animals, both of which were taken 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…
In response to Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 21 – Fresh Lots of signs of Spring today seen on a walk around Mere Sands Woods. There were quite a few butterflies (Brimstone and Peacocks), a sure sign that summer is not too far away, though they were much too busy Read more…
Went hunting for orange-tip butterflies again today but, for third day in a row, had no luck. There were lots of Speckled Woods though and when I voiced my disappointment, as in, “Oh, it’s JUST another Speckled Wood”, I realised that these little “plain, ordinary, brown” butterflies deserve far more Read more…