Pink Grasshopper!
I was really pleased to see this rare form of a female Meadow Grasshopper when I was taking our dogs down the lane on the 29th August. The pink colouring is a genetic mutation known as erythrism. They are easy to spot by predators so they are very vunerable. They
Bere Marsh and Home
Some of the days of late I’ve been going out in the morning with Tilly and feeling a little disappointed, it’s been so quiet at times with no birds singing or moving and even many of the insects and Damsel flies have disappeared. But today 19th August I’m feeling more
Around Home
On my walks round the village either in the morning or later in the day I always like to have my camera as I never know what I will come across. The one day I didn’t have the camera a Fox came into the lane and stopped for a few
Butterfly invasion!
On 9th August the weather improved with some sunshine and suddenly there were butterflies everywhere, our garden was and still is alive with them both at the front and back of our house. I think they like the chaos of my garden with flowers everywhere and a little unkempt as
Alner’s Gorse
I had a recent visit to the Butterfly Conservations, Alner’s Gorse site with a friend in early August, we had to keep eye on the weather forecast for wind and rain but we managed to get an ‘in-between’ day where the weather was fairly settled. Of course we were hoping
Latest inhabitants – Greenway Lane
Moving into August I’ve found the creatures living down Greenway Lane are varying to different species. I’ve noticed a great difference from last year August 2020 of the species I am seeing now as then. The weather hasn’t helped and it is almost feeling as though autumn is going to
Bere Marsh
The 1st of August (already!) and the weather has been very wet at times through the end of July and seems to be continuing, some of the paths I walk on are getting quite muddy. The day before I had decided to head round the bottom of Hambledon Hill and