cow-wheat

the trees have been thinned out and lo and behold there is masses of cow wheat (the little yellow flowers) appearing. This is one of the plants that the heath fritillary buttefly feeds on, so part one of the conservation plan is working.

black holes of silk

surrounding the orchids are lots of these funnel webs which have become easily visible because of the rain, plus occupant, enlarged below.

heath spotted orchid

see this in a field near you! Lots of these lovely orchids, probably crosses between common spotted and heath spotted.

Hendrix and the green eyed monster

flash news

the boss has met Hendrix. Harriet swoons with jealousy.













unique opportunity

be my thousandth visitor and win an actual picture of me, myself, in person signed personally by me and sent by email. There can only be one winner!

three visitors

first a fat hen pheasant, then

a fat rook


then a young jackdaw.

come to my party

how do they know it's my birthday, I haven't told anyone. And I hear that there is an enormous celebrity opening the fete. Could it be me? It must be, surely. And there's a special screen saver with lots of these pictures on sale on a CD. Fame!