OLD MAN’S BEARD (CLEMATIS VITALBA) – DORSET


OLD MAN’S BEARD (CLEMATIS VITALBA) also called TRAVELLER’S JOY – DORSET

BIRDS – UNCOMMON OR GARDEN


WHITE STORKS – PENSTHORPE, NORFOLK

CRANE – PENSTHORPE, NORFOLK

BLACK-WINGED STILT & TWO PURPLE SANDPIPERS – PENSTHORPE, NORFOLK

WHIMBREL – PENSTHORPE, NORFOLK

BLACK-NECKED SWAN, WWT BARNES

ROBIN, LONDON               

COOT CHICK – PENSTHORPE, NORFOLK

HONEY BEES ENJOYING PENSTEMON


Blurry, I know – but it’s an ‘action’ shot…

…and Perovskia ‘Blue Spire‘ (Russian sage)…

…and getting stuck into the lavender


SUNDOWN


CALENZANO, ITALY     

ABER DRAW, PEMBROKESHIRE

PENTYR, CWMDU, POWYS

PIER 6, BATTERY PARK NYC

BATTERY PARK NYC     

LAKE GARDA, ITALY    

MOTHS


SIX SPOT BURNET MOTH (Burnet Family) Emilia-Romagna 

FORESTER MOTH (Burnet Family) Emilia-Romagna

CINNABAR MOTH (Tiger Moth Family) Norfolk

OAK EGGAR MOTH Lochindorb, Scotland

BUMBLEBEES


COMMON CARDER BEES (Bombus Pascuorum)

WHITE-TAILED BUMBLE BEE (Bombus Lucorum)

SLEEK BEASTS


TWO SLEEK SPECIES, photographed at the Battersea Park Zoo, London (2010)

OTTER FEEDING
MEERKATS IN THE SANDPIT