countryside colours

stitchwort (white) campion (red) dog violet (violet) and celandine (yellow) add some colour to this black and white photo.

the speckled wood

this is the female speckled wood, warming up in the sun

and the first is not summer

two swallows, the first of the year, flying through Kit Hill Quarry

still ducks

this tranquil image comes from Kit Hill quarry this morning. Unusually, it was almost perfectly still

butterflies

peacocks are always appear quite early in Spring but we also saw the first speckled wood butterfly of the year today

speedwell

compared with the much simpler design of the speedwell, (two l's). I am still trying to take the perfect photo of this lovely little weed.