tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87627058851762776632012-02-16T13:25:26.828ZDocumenting wild flowers and insects I spot in my garden (my garden is more a wildlife reserve than a garden!)janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-58327472106803327682009-01-17T17:48:00.002Z2009-01-17T18:10:47.043Z<a href="http://clewerparknature.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/january09pond.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-149" title="january09pond" src="http://clewerparknature.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/january09pond.jpg?w=300" alt="January 2009 Pond" width="300" height="225" /></a><br /><br />This is my pond in January. I intend to post a picture each month to show it developing.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-5832747210680332768?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-35426058190545100382008-10-01T22:11:00.001+01:002008-10-01T22:17:03.951+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SOPolVuwf9I/AAAAAAAAAsc/nGg3YTTQm0Y/s1600-h/IMG_2000.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SOPolVuwf9I/AAAAAAAAAsc/nGg3YTTQm0Y/s320/IMG_2000.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252297318630195154" border="0" /></a><br />Another garden spider hard at work remaking his web after the heavy rain had destroyed it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-3542605819054510038?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-67417703186234602572008-09-21T08:18:00.010+01:002008-09-21T08:32:41.907+01:00Found a Dock bug (<span style="font-style: italic;">coreus marginatus</span>) on the hops.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNX2fH6Wm4I/AAAAAAAAAr0/g4908LNJysM/s1600-h/IMG_1911.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNX2fH6Wm4I/AAAAAAAAAr0/g4908LNJysM/s320/IMG_1911.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248371955330358146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Amazing how the angle of the light changes the look - this i<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNX2fakgPlI/AAAAAAAAAr8/7vR3tMfDNIU/s1600-h/IMG_1908a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNX2fakgPlI/AAAAAAAAAr8/7vR3tMfDNIU/s320/IMG_1908a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248371960338988626" border="0" /></a>s the same individual.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-6741770318623460257?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-53841859107213886892008-09-19T22:50:00.011+01:002008-09-21T08:52:02.502+01:00I have one hop plant in the garden and today I found all these spiders on it at once.<br /><br />zebra spider (<span style="font-style: italic;">salticus scenicus</span>)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNQhw27Nz0I/AAAAAAAAArM/I70DS9bNNmM/s1600-h/IMG_1873a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNQhw27Nz0I/AAAAAAAAArM/I70DS9bNNmM/s320/IMG_1873a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247856589054791490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Probably a garden spider (<span style="font-style: italic;">araneus diadematus</span>)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNQhxW86OCI/AAAAAAAAArU/hSfNctE9isQ/s1600-h/IMG_1875.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNQhxW86OCI/AAAAAAAAArU/hSfNctE9isQ/s320/IMG_1875.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247856597651830818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not sure about this one<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNQhxtAmoBI/AAAAAAAAArc/LkqEjWX5Ht8/s1600-h/IMG_1877a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNQhxtAmoBI/AAAAAAAAArc/LkqEjWX5Ht8/s320/IMG_1877a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247856603572903954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNQhyId9AgI/AAAAAAAAArk/fWrOkWoAKJA/s1600-h/IMG_1881a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SNQhyId9AgI/AAAAAAAAArk/fWrOkWoAKJA/s320/IMG_1881a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247856610943762946" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-5384185910721388689?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-52690777695927118222008-09-01T22:11:00.003+01:002008-09-01T22:13:17.233+01:00I thought this spider had an egg sac till I looked closely at the picture and realised it had caught a harlequin ladybird!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLxakLwkcnI/AAAAAAAAAnI/Oq8a0h0JLVE/s1600-h/IMG_1792a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLxakLwkcnI/AAAAAAAAAnI/Oq8a0h0JLVE/s320/IMG_1792a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241163644030710386" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-5269077769592711822?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-44325135671858951912008-09-01T12:28:00.008+01:002008-09-01T13:29:10.647+01:00Common green shieldbug (<span style="font-style: italic;">palomena prasina</span>)<br />Seen on a hop plant in a sunny position<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLvdrNBf4TI/AAAAAAAAAm4/m6BZxmNNt3w/s1600-h/IMG_1584.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLvdrNBf4TI/AAAAAAAAAm4/m6BZxmNNt3w/s320/IMG_1584.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241026325675761970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This seems to be a 4th instar of the same. I thought it was a different insect until I started to research shield bugs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLvdrYsefsI/AAAAAAAAAnA/GLmvb6J9nQ0/s1600-h/IMG_1583.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLvdrYsefsI/AAAAAAAAAnA/GLmvb6J9nQ0/s320/IMG_1583.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241026328808816322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Forest bug (<span style="font-style: italic;">pentatoma rufipes</span>)<br />Seen by the shed at the bottom of the garden - very shady and overshadowed by trees.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLvS-WZwtNI/AAAAAAAAAmw/Edv6Nv2MMXo/s1600-h/IMG_1830.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLvS-WZwtNI/AAAAAAAAAmw/Edv6Nv2MMXo/s320/IMG_1830.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241014559983056082" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-4432513567185895191?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-88521846058296863242008-08-31T10:57:00.001+01:002008-08-31T13:20:58.031+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLprwZ48KEI/AAAAAAAAAmg/EOuyh5s_Tyw/s1600-h/IMG_1828.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLprwZ48KEI/AAAAAAAAAmg/EOuyh5s_Tyw/s320/IMG_1828.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240619595726596162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wet day today. Spotted this visitor outside our patio doors. Not here directly because of the pond, but I'm expecting frog spawn next spring.<br />It is a common frog (<span style="font-style: italic;">rana temporaria</span>) identified thanks to <a href="http://www.froglife.org/Amphibians.htm">Froglife.</a><br />You can record sightings at <a href="http://www.froglife.org/projects/frogwatch.asp">Frogwatch.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-8852184605829686324?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-29870125338178154702008-08-28T22:33:00.001+01:002008-08-28T22:49:31.470+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLcaxBZcTWI/AAAAAAAAAlE/z97HkZZ-nuM/s1600-h/IMG_1700.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLcaxBZcTWI/AAAAAAAAAlE/z97HkZZ-nuM/s320/IMG_1700.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239686120959921506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Log pile using bits of the old apple tree from the garden. Greater pond sedge beyond the logs, iris setosa (purple) at the back, creeping Jenny at the edge of the pond. Purple loosestrife in the water at the back, golden striped rush in the water at the front, and umbrella flat sedge in front of the log pile.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-2987012533817815470?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-19024799643416117302008-08-26T22:36:00.000+01:002008-08-28T22:50:21.046+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLR4l68gGYI/AAAAAAAAAkU/OZF-mukIQkc/s1600-h/P8261218.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLR4l68gGYI/AAAAAAAAAkU/OZF-mukIQkc/s320/P8261218.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238944859412240770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Amazingly, before the water had been there for 24 hours, I had a visit from a bright green dragonfly checking out the pond! I didn't manage to get a photo, but I'm pretty sure it was an emperor dragonfly (<span style="font-style: italic;">anax imperator</span>).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-1902479964341611730?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-91078841880081180722008-08-26T08:11:00.000+01:002008-08-28T22:50:54.090+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLR3HhEVCTI/AAAAAAAAAkM/_ffJcSJ8TUk/s1600-h/P8251217.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLR3HhEVCTI/AAAAAAAAAkM/_ffJcSJ8TUk/s320/P8251217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238943237558044978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLOuqYPECCI/AAAAAAAAAg4/dNUpHo1GE2o/s1600-h/P8251217.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/SLOuqYPECCI/AAAAAAAAAg4/dNUpHo1GE2o/s320/P8251217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238722834645387298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not quite finished yet, but undoubtedly a pond.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-9107884188008118072?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-33271480097678779862008-07-13T10:39:00.000+01:002008-07-13T10:43:31.074+01:00Not a lot has happened in the last year. Just weeded out brambles from the potential pond area and weeded the patio. Spotted a comma butterfly (<span style="font-style: italic;">Polygania c.album</span>), but unfortunately had no camera<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-3327148009767877986?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-78603089948043547602007-07-03T07:20:00.000+01:002007-07-03T08:13:39.020+01:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RonsKP9xB3I/AAAAAAAAAPs/4mqZHCrKaNw/s1600-h/P7013208.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082853315292759922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RonsKP9xB3I/AAAAAAAAAPs/4mqZHCrKaNw/s200/P7013208.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hummingbird hawkmoth<br /><p><em>Macroglossum stellatarum</em></p><p>This was the best photo I could get of this one, but it was in our garden.</p><p></p><p><br /><br /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/Rontov9xB4I/AAAAAAAAAP0/3dWt4rlyZRk/s1600-h/215385572_544aa98c10_b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082854938790397826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/Rontov9xB4I/AAAAAAAAAP0/3dWt4rlyZRk/s200/215385572_544aa98c10_b.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><p>Here is a rather better picture of one taken last year in my mother-in-law's garden in Cambridgeshire.</p><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><p>Birds seen: nuthatch<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/Rontov9xB4I/AAAAAAAAAP0/3dWt4rlyZRk/s1600-h/215385572_544aa98c10_b.jpg"></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-7860308994804354760?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-22057443931530550462007-06-15T14:55:00.000+01:002007-06-15T15:04:42.785+01:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RnKagb6NIfI/AAAAAAAAAPE/JwHTASluIw0/s1600-h/P6153141.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076289612038349298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RnKagb6NIfI/AAAAAAAAAPE/JwHTASluIw0/s200/P6153141.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hoverfly on<br />Smooth Catsear<br />(<em>hypochaeris glabra)</em><br /><p><em></em> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-2205744393153055046?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-67192372561257693632007-06-13T19:25:00.000+01:002007-06-13T21:09:06.872+01:00<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RnA8jr6NIeI/AAAAAAAAAO8/yaUF0OR7Hkw/s1600-h/P6052927.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075623363826491874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RnA8jr6NIeI/AAAAAAAAAO8/yaUF0OR7Hkw/s200/P6052927.jpg" border="0" /></a> 2-spot ladybird<br />(<em>Adalia bipunctata)</em><br /><br />There are 42 species of ladybird resident in the British Isles and this is one type of 2-spot ladybird (although it seems to have more than 2 spots at first glance, only 2 of the markings are spots!)<br />Gardeners' friends, ladybirds feed on aphids and other garden pests.<br /><br />Birds seen: Great tit, dunnock, woodpigeon<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-6719237256125769363?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-63278741173131698122007-06-10T20:46:00.000+01:002007-06-10T20:51:17.707+01:00<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmxVaL6NIdI/AAAAAAAAAO0/B10EbuuWU5g/s1600-h/P6093047.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074524788501586386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmxVaL6NIdI/AAAAAAAAAO0/B10EbuuWU5g/s200/P6093047.jpg" border="0" /></a>Small Magpie moth<br /><em>eurrhypara hortulata</em><br />I saw this one flying and followed it to where it settled underneath a leaf - no wonder I haven't noticed them before.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-6327874117313169812?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-15648929864885849042007-06-09T10:38:00.000+01:002007-06-09T18:58:14.225+01:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/Rmp1Rb6NIcI/AAAAAAAAAOs/SDLpbHPFgFw/s1600-h/P6052905.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073996872596398530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/Rmp1Rb6NIcI/AAAAAAAAAOs/SDLpbHPFgFw/s200/P6052905.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Haven't been able to identify this one yet.<br /><br /><br /><br />Birds seen: Long-tailed tits (1 feeding young), Blue tit, Woodpigeon<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-1564892986488584904?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-79695791421744608182007-06-08T17:15:00.001+01:002007-06-08T17:18:02.443+01:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmmA3r6NIUI/AAAAAAAAANs/1Tmzmc0fV_E/s1600-h/P6082963.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073728149377589570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmmA3r6NIUI/AAAAAAAAANs/1Tmzmc0fV_E/s200/P6082963.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br />I've been stalking these moths, trying to get a better picture, and I think I've succeeded<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-7969579142174460818?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-16624450690727043262007-06-06T07:10:00.000+01:002007-06-07T07:34:04.111+01:00<div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmZSfL6NIKI/AAAAAAAAAMc/dVyM3VJpNdM/s1600-h/P6032812.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072832726005784738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmZSfL6NIKI/AAAAAAAAAMc/dVyM3VJpNdM/s200/P6032812.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmZSfL6NIKI/AAAAAAAAAMc/dVyM3VJpNdM/s1600-h/P6032812.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><em>Leptophyes punctatissima</em><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmZSfL6NIKI/AAAAAAAAAMc/dVyM3VJpNdM/s1600-h/P6032812.jpg"></a> </div><div>A real example of how macro photography brings you closer to nature. This little creature looked pure green to the naked eye, but is so much more fascinating in close-up. The speckles even <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmZTyr6NIMI/AAAAAAAAAMs/8zQLemjbER4/s1600-h/P6032811.jpg"></a>extend to his anten<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmZSfL6NILI/AAAAAAAAAMk/711MHr6YcQI/s1600-h/P6032811.jpg"></a>nae!</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmemQL6NISI/AAAAAAAAANc/9_oYm_3JjLw/s1600-h/P6032811.jpg"></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmemQL6NISI/AAAAAAAAANc/9_oYm_3JjLw/s1600-h/P6032811.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmemQL6NISI/AAAAAAAAANc/9_oYm_3JjLw/s1600-h/P6032811.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmemQL6NISI/AAAAAAAAANc/9_oYm_3JjLw/s1600-h/P6032811.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073206302261190946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmemQL6NISI/AAAAAAAAANc/9_oYm_3JjLw/s200/P6032811.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmZSfL6NIKI/AAAAAAAAAMc/dVyM3VJpNdM/s1600-h/P6032812.jpg"></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-1662445069072704326?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762705885176277663.post-70137628684261628542007-06-05T22:42:00.000+01:002007-06-09T18:54:51.375+01:00I have decided to document the wildlife in my garden, in Clewer, Windsor, Berks, UK.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmXZfL6NIJI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/GDabZ1ek2gI/s1600-h/P6032816.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072699685098823826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmXZfL6NIJI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/GDabZ1ek2gI/s200/P6032816.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><em><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmXZfL6NIJI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/GDabZ1ek2gI/s1600-h/P6032816.jpg"></a><br />Pyrausta purpuralis<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmXZfL6NIJI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/GDabZ1ek2gI/s1600-h/P6032816.jpg"></a><br /></em><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmXZfL6NIJI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/GDabZ1ek2gI/s1600-h/P6032816.jpg"></a><br /><br />This day moth is about the size of my thumb nail and loves the thyme and marjoram outside our kitchen. Clouds of them flit round the herbs, basking briefly, but rarely long enough to photograph.<br /><br />Birds seen: Robin, Blue tit, Ring-necked parakeet<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_QXOrxDQz6zE/RmXZfL6NIJI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/GDabZ1ek2gI/s1600-h/P6032816.jpg"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8762705885176277663-7013762868426162854?l=clewergardendiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>janerchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615832170277833114noreply@blogger.com0