Birds
Weekly Bird Challenge: “Tufties”.
Tufted Ducks (Tufties) can look incredibly cute, or pensive …or even downright fierce!
Tufted Ducks (Tufties) can look incredibly cute, or pensive …or even downright fierce!
Summer and Winter Migrants to our shores: Puffins, Razorbills, Whooper Swans and Eiders.
Up Close and Personal with a Large Red Damselfly. A couple of recent visits to Brockholes Nature Reserve have given me the opportunity to eyeball a few damselflies and also watch Common Blue Butterflies staking out their territory. Please click on any image in this gallery of Reds & Read more…
POLLINATION in ACTION ! As busy as a bee! As busy as bumblebee! As busy as this Common Carder Bee gathering pollen was on Tuesday afternoon this week at Myers Allotment in Silverdale. And what’s the orange clump on this bee’s leg? It’s a pollen basket: What’s a pollen 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…