Paul writes: I found this moth in my garden last week. I had run a moth trap overnight and next morning found this one nearby. It must have been attracted to the light and then settled down to rest up for the day. It’s a stunning moth and instantly recognisable with the black spots on…
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Review: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
I visited the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition on Thursday. A friend had gone the day before and that nudged me towards going, and a meeting had to be postponed due to a domestic concern of the other party so I had the motive and the opportunity – and the means was a fairly reasonable £16….
Tim Melling – Bluethroat
I think that Bluethroat is Europe’s most beautiful songbird. The throat looks colourful enough to be a Christmas tree decoration and the copper triangles on its tail sides are exquisite. Its scientific name Luscinia svecica translates as Swedish Nightingale and it was in northern Sweden where I photographed this stunning male. There are two main…
Does it work for you?
There’s a little box next to this blog which allows you to enter your email address and you will be sent an email each time a blog is posted here. Except, several of you have now told me that it isn’t working very well. And now you’ve pointed it out, I’ve noticed it isn’t working…
Gordon Yates – Long-eared Owls
Gordon writes: Long Eared Owls are the most nocturnal of all our Owls and seldom hunt in daylight. There are only a couple of weeks, at this time of year, when the adults are forced to hunt in daylight to feed their fledged young. Last week I was privileged enough to photograph a pair of…