Earlier our male kestrel  (Falco tinnunculus)  rejoiced as he flew into the big birch with a kill.

Our faulty garage light is reluctant to switch off but shows again how quickly nature can adapt to new opportunities. 

Superb dayglower hover fly (Xanthogramma pedissequum) on wild carrot (Dorcas carrota) flower.

Common blue butterflies ain’t so common this year.

Those of us who put lights out in the evening to attract and monitor moth populations measure our year with the arrival and departure of new moth sp.

A year without wasps. Just imagine that.

All invertebrates are under pressure.

A fifteen minute saunter around the garden in the sunshine.