more pond life

a newt and some tadpoles close to maturing into frogs in the deep muddy muddles on the tracks near Old Mill. I don't know what type of newt it is, there are some dark skinned ones and these very pale examples.

heath fritillary

yes, they're back. The reintroduction has obviously worked, and there were several flying about as the sun came out. Now is the time to go to Greenscoombe woods (see the link to Cornwall wildlife trust) if you want to see heath fritillaries.

dippers

I spotted this attractive little bird zooming past today. It is a dipper, and conveniently stopped to pose before wading into the Tamar

alien landscapes

on a wet and showery day silage bales and acres of plastic sheeting for maize lend strange colour to the landscape

yellow pimpernel

another attractive woodland flower, the yellow pimpernel, which unlike its scarlet cousin is always in flower.

troglodytes invade

wrens don't usually come this close, but this one was very keen to watch the compost being turned over.