https://www.philcutt.co.uk/astrolandscapes daily 0.75 2022-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560282561198-WSBDECLZ8TFG02IBDCAX/_D4_4959-Pano-Edita.jpg Astrophotography A view of the summer Milky Way over some wonderful sea stacks off the Pembrokeshire coast that have Gullimot colonies on the tops. I had to be careful taking this, every time I turned my headtorch on the noise from the seabirds increased dramatically so I had to work in the dark a yard or two from the cliff edge. Luckily it’s never properly dark in summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560282561198-WSBDECLZ8TFG02IBDCAX/_D4_4959-Pano-Edita.jpg Astrophotography A view of the summer Milky Way over some wonderful sea stacks off the Pembrokeshire coast that have Gullimot colonies on the tops. I had to be careful taking this, every time I turned my headtorch on the noise from the seabirds increased dramatically so I had to work in the dark a yard or two from the cliff edge. Luckily it’s never properly dark in summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1585859468668-XJP84TWKS59R6WRLFZGI/_MG_2978.jpg Astrophotography - Zodiacal light Venus and the Pleiades at the end of the Zodiacal light (dust along the plain of the solar system reflecting sunlight). Elan Valley, mid-Wales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1568537789450-D0RGD7I8YJXIX75L3XD4/1.jpg Astrophotography - The Milky Way behind the Longstone Lighthouse The Milky Way rising from behind the Longstone lighthouse. The low mist provided an unexpected bonus as was the Wolf Rock lighthouse on the left almost 15 miles away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630291451-ARXI77U9IYZT0JXNU5BE/_D4_0678.jpg Astrophotography - Moonrise over silhouetted trees I turned around and saw this view and I had to take a photo with the cresent moon and earthshine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457482010-WDOWV3XIIZI9B9WI51EU/_MG_6354.jpg Astrophotography - Total Lunar Eclipse Taken just towards the end of totality of the October 2014 eclipse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1585859479076-04RVVWA226FSO43Z3H2G/moon1-Edit.jpg Astrophotography - The Moon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1575151601922-XIXCXL4MDIKG7SOFTZF4/a1.jpg Astrophotography - Crown of Thorns under the winter Milky Way Without the showyness of the galaxy core that appears in summer I prefer the winter Milky Way. The Crown of Thorns is the remains of a bronze age burial mound miles from the nearest road in north Wales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457457168-9I6QH9EQTLOPVH91PGXL/_D4_4959-Pano-Edita.jpg Astrophotography - Milky Way over the Elegog stacks I had been wanting to photograph these stacks at night for a while. There are some fantastically dark skies here though the timing dictated that it had to be a summer shot hence the bluish skies. What I particularly wanted was to try and capture the Guillemot colonies on top of the rocks which can be seen in the full size panorama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457475704-271J9NK9RIX0DAOCEV2M/_D4_1417-HDR-Edit.jpg Astrophotography - The Green Flash After making a panoramic photo of the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast I examined the back of my camera. Zooming in on the sun I found that the top was a green colour, a Green Flash, an unusual atmospheric effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457499762-KVXPCZ6LN1UE9O0A1L9J/1-Edit.jpg Astrophotography - Andromeda Galaxy The Andromeda Galaxy with some of its satellite galaxies. Taken through a telescope from my back garden “observatory” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457702434-NSL38JZGBMIR9OTL3DAG/StarStaX__MG_7340-_MG_7423_lightena.jpg Astrophotography - Rollright stone circle, at night. Turning up to this site in the middle of the Cotswold's at night is quite a spooky experience especially when you see shapes all over the place, and one of them actually turns out to be a human! To get this image I had to combine a couple of techniques. The first one was to take photos of the stars for two hours to get the trails and then, with the first light of dawn, I took a picture of the stone circle though to be able to get the height to see the circle, I had to fly up to 10 feet and create a panorama from there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630291617-I433X6Z511TO48EGC50Q/_MG_3925-Pano-2.jpg Astrophotography - Moon over Stonehenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457484284-W3ZKYF6PXGJ8MUCQTKRS/_D4_0492+Panorama0003.jpg Astrophotography - Tryfan under autumn skies On my way up to the top of the Glydereau on night I stopped for a couple of hours to photo the Milky Way sinking behind Tryfan. All the time the local mountain rescue centre was letting off flares which I just had to include. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630322170-35W4KTW8YSOI09DIH2G3/1-3.jpg Astrophotography - Colourful stars travelling around the North Pole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630306523-0OBEZL1PCUQDBPH0U142/1as.jpg Astrophotography - Comet Lovejoy and M45, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630311400-3AYZCTU9F6QVMHULE5ZJ/b.jpg Astrophotography - The Pleiades open cluster, M45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567459091515-FZT1FC0GGH5HSWNJRJ79/_MG_6426-Pano+Panorama.jpg Astrophotography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1575151641924-A7DZ9YJ3BCKI4C3JDAD6/_MG_0306-Pano.jpg Astrophotography - Hill, tree and Milky Way. Taken using a modified camera to bring out more of the pink nebula in our galaxy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1582574923464-C07IPRO3IWL0JD33NA84/1-Edit.jpg Astrophotography - M42, the Orion Nebula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1580293619392-2Z5E3UK7IR5KFD29TK5N/_D4_1425-Edita.jpg Astrophotography - Sandymouth Bay Spending high tide on a beach at night in rough weather can be nerve racking but I think it was worth it, for some reason I love the idea of waterfalls straight onto a beach. A night well spent in Cornwall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1575549823365-S0ZZHTA8GSPF5L1DYWE6/a-2.jpg Astrophotography - Hethe I was woken early before work and couldn’t get back to sleep the other morning. Since it was a clear moonless night I made my way to a small village near home where I knew of these pollarded willows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1574803121227-9TY945O6F08VGMVSXENL/_MG_7316-2a.jpg Astrophotography - Solar transects I was lucky enough to see both of these with clouds half covering the sun each time! Solar transects only happen when a planet closer to the sun passes between us and the sun, the next time Mercury will do it will be 2032. Its a little longer until Venus will do it, 2117. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1579213778725-JMTXIDZYCTXGB00S01RP/_D4_0599-Pano.jpg Astrophotography One evening spent in water perilously close to the tops of my wellies standing as still as possible. It isn’t very often that I’ll take a black and white photo but this seemed to lend itself perfectly to the style what with all of the light pollution from Milton Keynes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567099997245-85N38QYHTO6PZY315B6K/1.jpg Astrophotography - Longstone lighthouse off Land's End The Milky Way rising from behind the Longstone lighthouse. The low mist provided an unexpected bonus as was the Wolf Rock lighthouse on the left almost 15 miles away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1585859556251-34K7IIRC55259UV90568/_D4_9492-Pano.jpg Astrophotography - Time spent on the nest A night of star movement behind a local rookery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1580335043762-X4M25UTD40TB6CTHKVYU/_D4_1428-Edit.jpg Astrophotography - The Setting Venus Venus setting into the Celtic Sea from Cornwall. It seems to me that there is also some Zodiacal Light (sunlight reflecting off dust in space), something I’ve never seen before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1598907335123-MH7UD7VF7S70B2WPA1S0/_D4_8327a.jpg Astrophotography - Milky Way over West Kennet Long Barrow The sky above won’t have changed much since this burial mound was first used a few thousand years ago (except the orange light pollution of course!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1603310857455-T2QUHTL2EXPHA1PVE58K/2.jpg Astrophotography - The Pole star above a reservoir in a Mid-Wales dark sky site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1586041205546-CCC43CPE5PNIGF9ZYM4R/_D4_0442.jpg Astrophotography - A Jewel in the Crown Venus passing over the top of the trunk of an Oak tree that is beginning to open it’s leaves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1598907355659-YPPC5QHQSVGQTO9LA197/1-2.jpg Astrophotography - Comet Neowise The recent, very popular Comet Neowise showing the ion tail as well as the more obvious dust trail. https://www.philcutt.co.uk/landscapes daily 0.75 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567455838713-L53YOOI6HT3GNQY86PP8/_D4_9447-Pano.jpg Landscapes - Early summer on Port Meadow Port Meadow is a huge field next to the centre of Oxford with the river Thames along one side. It hasn’t changed much since medieval times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567455838713-L53YOOI6HT3GNQY86PP8/_D4_9447-Pano.jpg Landscapes - Early summer on Port Meadow Port Meadow is a huge field next to the centre of Oxford with the river Thames along one side. It hasn’t changed much since medieval times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560285554304-O77UT5G6RS6G1GNKP5MM/_D4_0728-Pano.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560456777897-X3057AK1VTU92SLQ97CH/_D4_0728-Pano.jpg Landscapes - Castell y gwynt I spent a cosy night camped on top of this Welsh hill to get this photo. The hardest part was getting up in the morning! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560631683861-D2WGJAIOX1V1JEUOXS9U/_D4_4109-2-2.jpg Landscapes - Autumn on the Thames Near Oxford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560456801309-YQLVW3L663FJ7CU4Q8OG/_D4_5781-Pano.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560456825101-JBW92Y8W9TA4W9HQB5CN/_D4_7400-Pano.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560456835186-0540B1IQILZ0J9GDI757/_MG_4065+Panorama-Edit.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560456839057-ZSN0UVFKZVY68VWYD8IH/1.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560456855703-68YLG8VFX0GWKPKRTWLE/2+Panorama-Edit-Edit.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560456863053-H8HUZF9G08IXF3F6TG9N/a-2.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560456887059-SDD4STUAKKLHJWK8LAZ7/Untitled_Panorama1-2-2.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560631652925-A2FVEAWOSVO7M5YT75D1/_D4_1397_stitch-Edit-2.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560631692015-OEZ2Q9VXFO21FY8WKIX5/_MG_4691+Panorama-Edit.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560456788256-KD2OFKVSWRHPIG14WVXE/_D4_3793+Panorama-Edit.jpg Landscapes - Thames waterfront A different part of the river Thames than I usually find myself beside. Jupiter is peeking through the clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560631697304-VCRCOQ0FV8OXT69XUQDG/a.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567456481362-QU3RO1XE73E1KI4ZGFCV/2017-01-13-21.42.00+ZS+DMap-Edit.jpg Landscapes - Glyder Fach There are some fascinating rock structures on top of this mountain in the Snowdonia national park formed by freeze thaw action. This was taken with my 100mm close up lens and was the first panoramic to have front to back sharpness, a combination of 76 images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567457513221-DU5FXCTBHYXU6JDZ0H3Y/Slab+1+DMap.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567459108954-SDTT7PKPTOZ8MLAIOLPA/_MG_7207+Panorama-Edita.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1581370166239-M3BCIAQODEFNPYDCYWH0/_D4_2547-Pano.jpg Landscapes - Hornbeam Looking up at a wood made from very tall, slender Hornbeam Carpinus betulus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1581289967082-67ICPLWE1LMYD2RVCWZF/_D4_2377-HDR.jpg Landscapes - The English Channel A wind blown Hawthorn above the white cliffs of Dover looking out to a cloudless sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1580332943722-1BLMTM80Z9IAGRDHYRTZ/_D4_1408.jpg Landscapes - Sunset in Cornwall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1579210585171-KG87RQUMJQVOYY8IH9UA/_D4_0256.jpg Landscapes After recent rains some local fields were flooded so I donned my wellies and avoided the deepest parts of the ridge and furrow fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1573327836735-KKZZVM6OTR83AUNPPDBV/_D4_1735-HDR-Pano.jpg Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1571167559472-ZC0EPU8GHCLP5II1R0LW/1-Edit.jpg Landscapes - Wye Valley Walking along the cliffs above the river Wye I came upon this scene in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1564273324526-6N20XPVR2T2ZNYCFMM6P/_D4_3667-Panoa.jpg Landscapes - Sangobeg Bay Probably the most beautiful beach I used to play on when I was younger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1603310858855-CYDBOZUXRD66ET0AFJV9/_D4_5699-Pano.jpg Landscapes - Reflections in a reservoir, Mid-Wales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1598907332713-Q3V60F8HJHCB6ZZL1IL9/_D4_3441-HDR-Edit.jpg Landscapes - Poppies and Cornflowers in a wheat field https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1573769919696-R5K8JGFV5O8MZKY29B9C/_D4_2119+Panoramaa-Edit-Edit.jpg Landscapes - Sunset over the Garreg-ddu Reservoir This image sums up the Elan valley to me https://www.philcutt.co.uk/landscape daily 0.75 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1611346761671-905BGEWENAT56YLSWAB8/_D4_3373-Pano.jpg Recent images - Blocking the moon The moon hidden behind a tree flanked by the constellations Orion and Cassiopeia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1611346761671-905BGEWENAT56YLSWAB8/_D4_3373-Pano.jpg Recent images - Blocking the moon The moon hidden behind a tree flanked by the constellations Orion and Cassiopeia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634105791-DDKHRM0YNSGR0W8KPMZU/_D4_8395.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1604262851940-OACS8UQ5IXPW5PIIXHVU/image-asset.jpeg Recent images - A leaf mine in a Hazel leaf The moth is called Stigmella microtheriella, a tiny thing a few millimetres across. What I find amazing about these is the way the caterpillar eats its way between the top and bottom of the leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634115962-C7KXUIA9FNHZ5BLH4XS9/_D4_9408.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1581370145437-CDCRIJ1H7IWAM60OPWFM/_D4_2482-2-Edit.jpg Recent images - Rollright stone circle An unusual feature in Oxfordshire, I learnt that this is the furthest east stone circle in the UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634107978-FYVL55ESJI95BYDDICY8/_D4_9411-Pano.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1579360481031-20J6GG31RU4Y9U34GA17/_D4_0645-Panoa.jpg Recent images - Milky Way Not very visible against the approaching dawn but this is the summer Milky Way appearing as winter flood waters receed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634122376-6NB2W0ZKZQNFWT8E3J8W/_D4_9435.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1585862593337-GEW6RJELBQ4YE1UQDXAI/Slab+11+retouched-Pano.jpg Recent images - Cerastium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634126666-5MXIJWNIMN5TBGQRP1CC/_D4_9912.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1565295183321-49VMFKKCODPXIPL7K6KM/Slab+1+DMap-Edit.jpg Recent images - The Old Lady or Mormo maura Quite a large moth we found sitting indoors on a comfy dressing gown so I took it outside to take its portrait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634126505-5L6NKEAL9EX6MS5VBCRW/_D4_9989.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560287629960-9RRKTHSNTB2PK21AIBY9/Untitled_Panorama1-4.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634133566-82DX85ECY6HKKLNHFQLS/1.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1561924868023-48JU55LUEDZ8VOQBU11E/_D4_5535-2.jpg Recent images - Poppies Compared to the last few years, lots of poppies have been appearing turning whole fields red, stunning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634132485-ZCE2BD6MJYLJ40RFGRWY/1_stitch.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1568052916217-KZFXK5Y55NS4F9QPNWHY/94-Pano.jpg Recent images - Samphire Hoe at sunrise Often claimed to be the newest part of Britain, it lies under the White cliffs of Dover and next to Dover harbour in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634149005-QFO33JUS2KICWD86AZ33/1-2.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1568537045878-ZBWG8TRZ497ICSB577HN/3-Pano.jpg Recent images - Blackthorn village, Oxfordshire A view of a local village at sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634147115-VRSJ19APA1FJNSUSEENE/1-3.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1573496455055-VCYWSHX2JOZTXMMJ5667/_D4_2516.jpg Recent images - The Transit of Mercury 2019 The little black dot almost in the centre is Mercury, so small compared to the Sun. I didn’t get the best view clouds kept covering the surface of the sun. Look out for it next time, in 2032. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634158439-Z8L0QUP5M4PNUC0VBW8U/2.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1579809335059-85UR7A3G00Z0KICXOP81/_MG_0573-Pano-Edit.jpg Recent images - Edgcott church, Buckinghamshire I left my camera overnight in the churchyard and this is what I found the next morning, startrails created as the Earth rotates through 7 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634158927-5VMPDF8MOIAA7CX0TFLO/5.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634171056-37LH1FBAHJUK4XW5TKRT/6-Pano-2-Edit-Edit-Edit.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634168244-NA8WTLMUKK0TQJ6DEMZT/a-Edit.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634187114-RJAJQVHY9IHR8DNKNOGN/b.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634191670-3RVZ7LVS3RMNVHB2QCIU/DJI_0316-Pano.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634193843-33O2TVWTJM23E69NCPQF/DJI_0840-Pano.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634205826-PAI7HRNVKNCYQ59DWJUX/masterLight_BINNING_1_FILTER_NoFilter_EXPTIME_59_integration_ABE_clone.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634199146-0C761EBTN7M7T1S4NFLL/q-Pano.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634205576-3KZMT374WYM1RECTKDSR/Slab+1+DMap.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634217285-SF55BBGJOTDGTIQZXDUX/Slab+1+DMap-2.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634214316-79LPE67YBHI6H974OX7P/Slab+1+PMax-Edit.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634218978-K80GZOTH5J36FTIBJ81E/Slab+2+retouched-Edit.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634229111-7C4CNU6N4VDB7ESETGM7/Slab+3+DMap.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634227773-T40IOZVF54F13HN7JXUD/Slab+3+retouched-2-Edit.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634233509-N3Y3M305STT6OYKTS4IV/Slab+6+retouched.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634237345-4X1UWKZ8KGCAHEQQ8C3Q/Slab+10+retouched-Edit.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634244525-9OKPX3KDXURZ9IV2POBI/Untitled-1.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634242256-AEXUNYEBT2W6K105ZFF9/_D4_0105.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634254283-CI1J5AQ77FPALDFPQR5B/_D4_0357-Pano.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634255713-FI4FE7LVKEV8BAEWODBA/_D4_0575-Pano.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634259385-B8TK0GIANZ8UQ4GSJWOR/_D4_0851.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634261936-E9MROCI7VUVNNXV33QZ6/_D4_1711-Edit.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634263530-09IOIXUTTZ3TBCA7I9EV/_D4_1765.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634271900-3SVZJ9RP1CND41AY9DLX/_D4_2504-HDR-Edit.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634280252-9103V8OA1KVQDVSHEI80/_D4_2874.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634279521-CTEFKZNH56SPFY3ODYU1/_D4_6685.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634286074-0GUHXBA48UTGDJBEGQ6C/_D4_7000-Pano-Edit.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634289852-6RZ6OL77AS8OTXGUIT4M/_D4_7017.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634289589-WCAV8FIRV2ZG62QX1572/_D4_7763.jpg Recent images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1642634292338-2BN4A4ZC4HNVR1HJTW8B/_D4_8231.jpg Recent images https://www.philcutt.co.uk/drone-photos-1 daily 0.75 2021-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457056905-MOL7BUHF5BZ2D1MDB6DP/2+Panorama-Edit-Edit.jpg Drone photos - Clogwyn du'r Arddu cliffs Just beneath the summit of Snowdon are these cliffs sitting above a small llyn/lake. Bathed in an evening light the lines of the bedding really began to stand out especially when seen from a drone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457056905-MOL7BUHF5BZ2D1MDB6DP/2+Panorama-Edit-Edit.jpg Drone photos - Clogwyn du'r Arddu cliffs Just beneath the summit of Snowdon are these cliffs sitting above a small llyn/lake. Bathed in an evening light the lines of the bedding really began to stand out especially when seen from a drone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1568538091609-XAZ62GE8KFIGWGCM0UXR/1-Pano-Edit.jpg Drone photos - Cornish coastline, Gurnard's Head North Cornwall is a fascinating place. There are lots of these headlands and most of them were fortified a thousand years ago or more as a safe place to live. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457048744-C3F5X0W14DVIKFK1JB5Q/15+Panorama-Edit-Edit.jpg Drone photos - Pen y Fan Not expecting to get much under a harsh midday sun, I was pleasently surprised when I saw these dark shadows curling around under Pen y Fan’s peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457066448-TM6QVZWDXD0L4HIJYZRK/a-2.jpg Drone photos - Sunset behind Wytham Sometimes the river Thames can be really attractive. Close to where it passes by Oxford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560631659715-JEVBVXJ76091NMA8C52F/a.jpg Drone photos - Sunrise over the New Forest A light mist floating above the trees of the New Forest made some lovely swirling patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457082812-T8O2PQEVR184GZHTF660/DJI_0642-Pano.jpg Drone photos - White cliffs Well I could have gotten this by standing out in the English Channel up to my chest in water but why bother when you can fly out to capture the waves breaking on the shore? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457092700-QYBLJVTSNZZBEO9HKBOM/DJI_0817+Panorama-Edit.jpg Drone photos - Old Harry Rocks This seems to be one of the classic drone images of the UK. I was in the area so I felt that I had to take my own! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457111160-P0VTWP8AZPZ2GGRZYTHU/Untitled_Panorama1-2-2.jpg Drone photos - Saltmarsh I don’t often take shots looking straight down but the patterns you get in saltmarsh really deserve this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560457103485-WKTOVHD74PO460Y5FAFZ/Untitled_Panorama1-3.jpg Drone photos - Tide draining away Watching the tide drain away after the sun had set, it created some lovely patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560459336459-TH89SSXLDWHHXFGIRFC4/1+Panorama-Edit-2-2-Edit.jpg Drone photos - Port Meadow A medieval meadow next to the heart of Oxford. Lying next to the Thames it is subject to mist and well worth a visit on a spring morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630564606-KQ5QAXW2B21X7I57THJQ/1+Panorama.jpg Drone photos - Gallowsbridge Farm My local nature reserve. It is an arable conversion, fields that were previously grazed converted to ones that flood in winter and remain wet into the spring so that birds can probe the ground to feed their young. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1568538297653-81K8D3BAPPWBLM4LIHRA/3-Pano.jpg Drone photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1573304917441-7RY0IDEA0WQLZSYGLV7N/1-Pano-Edit.jpg Drone photos - Craig Goch Reservoir After a couple of days taking photos I was worn out. So when I saw the forecast of clear blue skies I was happy to send my drone up to do the work for me. This image captured perfectly my feeling that evening, peaceful and relaxed after working hard with just a little wind disturbing the calm waters round the corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1572031091201-YDZLJBDEPRK7ANVYLVVI/1-Pano.jpg Drone photos - River Thames On the way home after a family day out where I was watching this fantastic sunset in my mirrors, I finally had to stop and take some photos with the last of the colour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1566932343274-VJ5OZ8B767HEBJ52991Q/1-Pano-Edit-2.jpg Drone photos - Cornish coastline, Gurnard's Head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1564432006669-4767BB9W26054D70RTAA/1-Pano-Edit.jpg Drone photos - The Old Man of Stoer (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1564432006669-4767BB9W26054D70RTAA/1-Pano-Edit.jpg Drone photos - The Old Man of Stoer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1598907373186-HNICDKL2JIYBBJQ04Q3J/1-Pano.jpg Drone photos - Elan Valley reservoir, Wales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1598907373439-D9AGMDUFMR4JXNF5FJPT/1-Pano-3.jpg Drone photos - Holy Island, Northumberland at high tide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1603310854139-2MC5LVFBJ9G44QHEAEX5/1-Pano-2-Edit.jpg Drone photos - Gareg ddu Reservoir, Mid-Wales https://www.philcutt.co.uk/butterflies daily 0.75 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518510861-1XDNNBDLOCLFUNFFSMCY/_D4_0377.jpg Butterflies and moths - Green Hairstreak or Callophrys rubi Green Hairstreak drinking nectar from a Cotoneaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518510861-1XDNNBDLOCLFUNFFSMCY/_D4_0377.jpg Butterflies and moths - Green Hairstreak or Callophrys rubi Green Hairstreak drinking nectar from a Cotoneaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518509272-LR1ID3QFMSZ5EKGD2MH5/_D4_3796.jpg Butterflies and moths - Purple Emperor or Apatura iris A Purple Emperor butterfly resting on an oak leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518517007-0BWVAO7GOGMHHW3TU55K/_D4_7187.jpg Butterflies and moths - Purple Thorn or Selenia tetralunaria Purple Thorn resting amungst dead leaves under strawberry plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567198194432-YVYBWSQJT95APOBAL8GO/Slab+2+retouched.jpg Butterflies and moths - Scarce Silver-lines or Bena bicolorana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518518463-I2RZ6Y8FS9FXE7R8G0DB/_MG_1223.jpg Butterflies and moths - Marbled White or Melanargia galathea I found this female Marbled White settling down for the evenng on some Dropwort. It was very windy, I often wonder why butterflies roost at the top of tall plants and not at the bottom of grasses, they can’t get seasick I suppose.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518526112-3B7BIDRFRDEXMBMPX875/_MG_2000-Edit.jpg Butterflies and moths - Black Hairstreak or Satyrium pruni Here it is drinking from Privet flowers. Often the “tails” on the wing are missing after a butterfly has had a near miss with a hungry bird. This individual still has that pleasure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518525981-4S4F0Y5WISRYNUHYDJM0/_MG_2684.jpg Butterflies and moths - Heath Fritillary or Melitaea athalia It took a while to find this, walking a mile or two through woodland in Kent. When we found a patch of wood of just the right age and height, there were clouds of them. Wonderful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518532489-K5HVDI45205EPT1TSGIZ/_MG_3189.jpg Butterflies and moths - Homoeosoma sinuella I found this only by the fact that I saw it land on this grass. Homoeosoma sinuella provides a wonderful imitation of a grass seed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518543482-IUBZ97EYAMGUXJMTH30T/1-2.jpg Butterflies and moths - Brown Hairstreak or Thecla betulae butterfly egg This egg was, as they often are, was nestled in the crook of a branch of Blackthorn. This photo was taken from very close, the egg is just over 0.5mm across. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518550482-AGEMZ0A1L1ZAM897A6VM/2016-07-24-21.23.56+ZS+DMap.jpg Butterflies and moths - Waved Black or Parascotia fuliginaria A Waved Black moth sitting in camouflage on limestone rock as it started to rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518588961-CIAFKREFNBMY3AS6GURO/Slab+3+retouched.jpg Butterflies and moths - Gold Spot or Plusia festucae Ok, I have to admit that this moth arrived at my moth trap the night before and I found this water mint leaf for it to rest on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630357969-Z6YJWRQTX1S19MT7R55G/2015-06-24-12.10.49+ZS+retouched.jpg Butterflies and moths - Privet Hawk moth or Sphinx ligustri Prrivet hawk moth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630352875-UZ2XC0AHK44STUAY6CJP/2016-05-24-22.17.33+ZS+retouched.jpg Butterflies and moths - Pale Prominent or Pterostoma palpina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630360273-7FKQO522DLR0B5U9MOZ0/2016-09-27-21.46.06+ZS+retouched.jpg Butterflies and moths - Large Ranunculus or Polymixis flavicincta A face-on view of this chunky moth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567458938798-L3X64AW7HZUFRF1F2H99/_MG_3087.jpg Butterflies and moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567458947134-J823QAKAKAEL36L2TB7T/_MG_8468.jpg Butterflies and moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567458947339-JGETNLTTN6H1LKHEN1DZ/2-Edit.jpg Butterflies and moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567458956400-PMAC6WOBKE5OLAOFOJQF/2017-04-21-21.31.03+ZS+DMap.jpg Butterflies and moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567459130517-V62JYGRJLW9WLEOXUBWW/2017-03-10-21.52.01+ZS+DMap.jpg Butterflies and moths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1579212807699-L9404WN7G368G94FRZ8Y/1-Pano-Edita.jpg Butterflies and moths - Black Hairstreak egg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1570648007998-MICNISR4EGLKQVQ4LQL6/_D4_0090.jpg Butterflies and moths - Camoflage, Green Brindled Crescent I’ve always liked this moth ever since I pondered over its ID for ages. I’ve always thought the patchy metallic green sheen on the wings were worn down but after seeing it on this branch it blends in exactly with the algae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567695380183-LA5OLPZ6TKEWZTHDX3CW/1-Pano-Edit.jpg Butterflies and moths - A bramble leaf with leaf mines I found a bramble leaf in the garden with these two vacated mines of a micro moth Stigmella aurella though it looks more like a much rarer moth that doesn’t occur around here. The adult moth is 2mm across https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1562647618314-BW931FVZAYSFD12F6S3R/1-Edit.jpg Butterflies and moths - Ringlet butterfly I went out to photograph a plant and came back with a butterfly photo. I saw a few of these asleep and covered in dew and I couldn't resist. Besides, the plant hadn't started flowering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1590861559091-DZQAU4SZDH59R5O5A66D/_D4_7603-Edit.jpg Butterflies and moths - Crambus lathoniellus, a grass moth One of those little white insects that fly around when you walk through long grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1590861583687-W4Z6DJ16EMT69IX7LPOW/1.jpg Butterflies and moths - Caterpillar of a Green Brindled Cresent. During some digging in the garden my son found this caterpillar so I put it safe in an apple tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1590864003410-PX269FJB988ZFB2466G7/_D4_8556.jpg Butterflies and moths - Red-girdled Mining Bee, Andrena labiata This solitary bee flies around my garden taking nectar from Germander Speedwell. It can be tricky to catch buzzing around in the hot sunshine but I found this one as the sun was going down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1590861520665-08GOKLVXQXSJBPWP39UE/_D4_4609.jpg Butterflies and moths - Adela reaumurella, a Longhorn moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1590866419636-AHYJUZFY3AWWTQK8UEZW/_D4_4994.jpg Butterflies and moths - Mottled Umber, Erannis defoliaria Dangling from a silk thread, I guess that this caterpillar was rather attached to the leaf it was eating. https://www.philcutt.co.uk/flowers daily 0.75 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518550486-2KHU8FV331FM7PQJFR8T/h+Panorama-Editl.jpg Plants - Marsh Foxtail or Alopecurus geniculatus Marsh Foxtail photographed in my studio using a combination of focus stacking and stitching to create a very high resolution image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518550486-2KHU8FV331FM7PQJFR8T/h+Panorama-Editl.jpg Plants - Marsh Foxtail or Alopecurus geniculatus Marsh Foxtail photographed in my studio using a combination of focus stacking and stitching to create a very high resolution image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518799227-FFGOX9XB8AYWTCC8ES1D/_MG_9306.jpg Plants - Lady Slipper Orchid or Cypripedium calceolus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518793847-TSKT0QKRQVGW71JTW3Y9/a.jpg Plants - Mezereon or Daphne mezereon Finding this shrub in a woodland just before spring starts is a fantastic experience.. You can see the colour fom some way away but as you walk near, the sweet smell hits you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518799043-GTLMTMJLUWP6WQ71LIUD/panelb.jpg Plants - Herb Robert or Geranium robertianum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518805318-JHBOND3CH8F0XR9PBFWF/Slab+3+retoucheds.jpg Plants - Fly Orchid or Ophrys insectifera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518807713-WQRPVQ6ESA6F2CS9Q8EU/Untitled_Panorama1.jpg Plants - Forget-me-not https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630371383-GJHCDIVB3C16SRBE2PCA/_D4_1937-Pano-Edit.jpg Plants - Monkey/Lady Orchid hybrid or Orchis x angusticruris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630387922-ZO0IL3BPRCL84UD81XMG/2.jpg Plants - Military Orchid or Orchis militaris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630381156-E5I9ESRCN40PQRUT62FB/Slab+4+retoucheds.jpg Plants - Marsh Helliborine or Epipactis palustris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630385307-0GAGTEEVJ7P9API7XPYY/Slab+10+retouched.jpg Plants - Greater Buttefly Orchid or Platanthera chlorantha A single flower, though you can see the spur of the one above dangling down half filled with nectar. Any insect wanting a drink of the sugary food needs a very long proboscis; usually a moth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560630389001-0JTLIW7UYNATKK7RJMM4/Slab+15+retouched.jpg Plants - Musk Orchid or Herminium monorchis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560631617458-0IMD3XWDQPKFOD66YGB5/_D4_2385-Pano.jpg Plants - Twinflower or Linnaea borealis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560631629678-1NETQHY1MXW2NQSZ5II0/Slab+2+re.jpg Plants - Alpine Fleabane or Erigeron borealis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560631630342-LI9EWD182MFZTD2XPYRI/Slab+2.jpg Plants - Mossy Cyphel or Minuartia sedoides with a bit of Alpine Lady's Mantle Pink flowers everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560631652440-0LT3S18ZPI9TE6O2HF2S/Slab+9+retouched.jpg Plants - Rock Speedwell or Veronica fruticans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560631674204-109WSQHT5CONNHZ8NZJZ/Slab+12+retouched.jpg Plants - Dwarf Willow or Salix herbacea Not exactly the biggest tree around but on a windy mountain top an inch is plenty high enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1561232196386-K3S8NF1HC7TGF28Q08G2/_D4_5535.jpg Plants - Poppies A field of poppies just before the sun rose, probably the only time that the wind is still enough for a photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1561925549473-43I6CX3T9QYSXB4ZORE7/_D4_9109-Edit.jpg Plants - Crested Cow-wheat or Melampyrum arvense An old arable weed which would poison bread but nevertheless is beautiful, shame it’s so rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567457484395-YRFS7BHY58JZ622KWZ1A/_MG_7207+Panorama-Edita.jpg Plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1568538378525-U1QXYS13R8XDRHYMQ8MM/1-Pano-Edit.jpg Plants - A bramble leaf I found a bramble leaf in the garden with these two vacated mines of a micro moth Stigmella aurella though it looks more like a much rarer moth that doesn’t occur around here. The adult moth is 2mm across https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1568538533575-SKVN1KAY1DTNWAIXJSB2/Slab+1+DMap-Pano.jpg Plants - Grass of Parnassus or Parnassia palustris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567111171208-CA5Q5JJDI6IM55KEMCM9/Slab+1+DMap-Pano.jpg Plants - Grass of Parnassus or Parnassia palustris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1561924760832-TGAUZ2SLS8QB0W6P1C9D/_D4_9109-Edit.jpg Plants - Field Cow-wheat or Melampyrum arvense An old arable weed which would poison bread but nevertheless is beautiful, shame it’s so rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567278567655-XF0SCEF9QOOW03OVILS0/_D4_6361.jpg Plants - Cornish Path moss or Ditrichum cornubicum This one is tiny, it took a little finding but eventually I found the 2mm high plant. I thought I’d show the wider scene as well it is a scrape dug out to remove the grass and expose the copper rich soil underneath for the moss to gain a foothold. This is one of only two places in the world where this moss occurs, both in Cornwall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1585926231718-XLU2JS7PQNTGLCM1PMH6/Slab+11+retouched-Pano.jpg Plants - Mouse ear https://www.philcutt.co.uk/insects daily 0.75 2022-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567457447386-1H09DN6DRJV91SH3MIYN/_D4_0858.jpg Insects and other little creatures - Ivy Bee or Colletes hederae Two Ivy bees emerging from their holes in a sandy cliff where they lay eggs to make next years bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567457447386-1H09DN6DRJV91SH3MIYN/_D4_0858.jpg Insects and other little creatures - Ivy Bee or Colletes hederae Two Ivy bees emerging from their holes in a sandy cliff where they lay eggs to make next years bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518669975-4TNIN250OZ2ODYOXGIZH/_D4_5511-Pano.jpg Insects and other little creatures - Mycena on a log I found these mushrooms growing on a log and I thought they’d make a nice photo. I’m ashamed to say that I didn’t notice the fly laying eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567459190410-I3YK8VOI5Q6FSQY0SQ2P/_D4_6406.jpg Insects and other little creatures - Migrant Hawker or Aeshna mixta I found this male dragonfly defending a territory, flying around a pond on an old mining site and seeing of any insect. I did see him get a female briefly and form a wheel while still flying though I wasn’t quick enough to photograph that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518672658-IBCX4H69NJRUQRW9KIDI/_MG_8047.jpg Insects and other little creatures - Lesser bulin snail or Merdigera obscura Merdigera obscura, a snail common in woodlands after rain. This one was travelling down the tree early in the morning after a night munching leaves in the treetops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1561233965566-86P7ZBQZXRWRB31QROSO/_D4_6778.jpg Insects and other little creatures - Flesh flies or Sarcophaga sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1560518670116-BDXQ2KM5BXRSPZ5C3O62/_D4_2179.jpg Insects and other little creatures - Ivy Bee or Colletes hederae Two Ivy bees emerging from their holes in a sandy cliff where they lay eggs to make next years bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1567026619278-EGO51EPGCQ9DNEYE612W/_D4_6406.jpg Insects and other little creatures - Migrant Hawker or Aeshna mixta in flight I found this male dragonfly defending a territory, flying around a pond on an old mining site and seeing of any insect. I did see him get a female briefly and form a wheel while still flying though I wasn’t quick enough to photograph that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1570563026652-KL9BGSLWF0SQRKWEQLS6/_D4_5435.jpg Insects and other little creatures - Flower beetle sitting on an Ox-eye Daisy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0004e82d1d060001688ab3/1590861566747-79A1NR1YC7WUUXOC5LKZ/1+Panorama-2.jpg Insects and other little creatures - A Caddisfly from below, Stenophylax permistus female Stenophylax permistus, a visitor from the garden pond. Photographed through a sheet of perspex. 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