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Chasing butterflies down stairs in Italy
Forest fire above Positano Positano, Italy, September 2011 I’m sitting out on the terrace of the pensione, complaining aloud in the full sun. Last night I’d peered over the ledge at the lemon and olive...
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A profusion of buttercups
Meadow buttercup Farthing Downs, London, June 2013 Stepping on to the Downs, a marked change has taken place in the two weeks since I’ve been here. The grass has lost its wintry edge and there grows a...
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Something new
Farthing Downs & New Hill, London, July 2013 On the Downs the butterflies are immediately evident, the week old broods of meadow brown ferry amongst the long grasses, rarely stopping to feed on...
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A neon waltz
Farthing Downs, London, May 2014 I sit on a path new and slight, pressed into the grasses. Last year I sat in a spot close by under the shade of ash trees watching a willow warbler make return visits...
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The cascading orchid
Click through for full album Farthing Downs and New Hill, London, June 2014 In the towns swallowed by London’s urban lurch, summer is flowering knotweed, rosebay willowherb and lupins, all non-native,...
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Where the wild thyme grows
Daneway Banks, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Cotswolds, July 2014 Figures stalk this tumbling chunk of meadowland. Severe expressions are worn: eyes drawn to-and-fro, either side of the gently worn...
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Brimstone feeding on bird’s-foot-trefoil
On the North Downs Way from Oxted to Otford, England This photo was featured on Flickr Explore!
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Photography: Sicus ferrugineus, a thick-faced fly
Happy Valley, Croydon, June 2015 Sicus ferrugineus is a thick-faced fly that I found here feeding on a common spotted orchid in a meadow. Its young are parasitic, it lays its eggs on bees.
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Photography: Big Butterfly Count
Painted lady, London, August 2015 Fifteen minutes in the garden or a green space (or brown space) is all that’s needed to complete the Big Butterfly Count. My fifteen minutes were sumptuous. Not only...
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Photography: The shifting sands of the River Morava
South Moravia is a region of the Czech Republic that borders with Slovakia and Austria. I have visited on two occasions, in July 2013 and then the following April. The region gets its name from the...
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