a dog's life in the Tamar valley, Cornwall, PL17

unless anything very interesting happens we're off to see the corgis and watch the greatest show on earth!

We didn't see much new today during a long hot walk through the meadows by the Inny but we did get a glimpse of a tree creeper with...

There are several species of skipper butterflies but only two, the small and the large, are found locally. This is the small skipper, and ...

after all the rain, and a little warm sun the countryside is a rich rich green, a temperate jungle with roads.

a nuthatch, another occasional visitor to the bird feeders, demonstrating the art of feeding upside down.

a female beautiful demoiselle, with characteristic metallic green body, bronze coloured tip to abdomen and white patch near tip of wings....