Last slough of the year for this grass snake. I have seen more of these snakes this year than ever before. Brilliant! … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
Reports are coming in that the red deer hinds are already moving to the rutting grounds and that the occasional bellow from a stag has been heard. This is going to be about 2 weeks earlier than last year but as … Continue reading
This is a great time of year to see some of our larger caterpillars. These tend to go underground and pupate until the Spring. The first one is the buff tip caterpillar which can be found on several types of … Continue reading
Disappointing survey at Longshaw as only blue and emerald damselflies around. The weather was not in their favour as there was too much cloud cover and a breeze across the water. The day after at Ramsley it was virtually blue … Continue reading
I have recently done 2 short blogs for Eastern Moors. The first is about one of our common wildlife creatures – the common lizard. The second is much more specialist and shows the scarce Adders Tongue fern, which is nothing … Continue reading
PART 1 I used this title to express my feelings when my grandson was born. It seems somewhat disrespectful to use the same phrase for the emergence of a dragonfly or damselfly but I am sure Eden will forgive me … Continue reading
I make no excuses for more lizard photos. They are so photogenic and most of the time they will sit and pose for you. Today they seemed to want to be with friends. In this sequence I think the larger … Continue reading
In recent times I have been spending many happy hours working on the Flickr site and Blog for the Eastern Moors. In many ways I am duplicating work by putting entries on here as well as on those 2 sites. … Continue reading
This is the first year I have studied adders and lizards seriously. I always knew they were there but it’s not until you find them that you realise how beautiful they are. I have been lucky enough to have several … Continue reading
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