Standing up for Nature
Paul writes: The first emergence of damselflies is one of the indicators, in the insect calendar, which show that the days are getting warmer. The Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) is usually the first to be seen and it has been gradually appearing over the last few weeks. This is my first for the year,…
Otherwise known as Lady’s Smock this is one of our most attractive spring flowers, brightening up damp pastures and roadside verges across the country with its subtle pink flower-heads. It usually starts to appear around mid-April, about the same time as the first Cuckoos arrive back from Africa – hence the name. It also…
I expected this book to be a great visual treat considering the imprint from which it comes, and it is, but it is also a very interesting read. You can’t go far wrong with photos of cats – the internet is full of them – but these images of wild European Lynx are superb. …
Tim writes: I think this is the first time I have managed to capture the eye detail in a Buzzard, which is especially good as he’s looking right down at me. Their plumage is variable and this is quite a pale individual, and identifiable as an adult by the thick, dark trailing edge to the…