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A Mixed Bag of Tuesday Treats

Flowers, Foliage, and Flyers from our walk on 18th September 2026, all are here in this week’s Tuesday Treats.ย  Enjoy ๐Ÿ”ผ Let’s start with the flowers, though there’s not many of those now showing their heads. Yet we can always … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Late Summer Glut

A medley of pics pulled from my archives (see Sunday’s post), taken on 14th September 2022. Enjoy… ๐Ÿ”ผ It seemed, in the covid years, that every farmer had left a wide margin around their fields, sown with wildflowers. We do … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyers

Damsels and dragons and a few butterflies camera-captured on our walk on 31st August 2026. Enjoy, these could be the last of the season… ๐Ÿ”ผ๐Ÿ”ฝโฌ All Common Darters, but variously male, female and immature ๐Ÿ”ผ๐Ÿ”ฝโฌ More Common Darters ๐Ÿ”ผ๐Ÿ”ฝ And … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyers

The butterflies and dragons (and one little bird) that I managed to snap along the way on our walk of 11th August 2026 There were more. There were lots more. But it was windy. ๐Ÿ”ผ Wall Brown ๐Ÿ”ฝ ๐Ÿ”ผ Meadow … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyers

We didn’t see many butterflies on our walk, 6th August 2026, so I’ve included some birdie pics. Hope you enjoy Not the best focus: I blame the wind ๐Ÿ”ผ Common Blue butterfly on Lucerne (alfalfa) ๐Ÿ”ฝ ๐Ÿ”ฝ Not a butterfly … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyers

A few of the butterflies seen on our walk on 27th July 2026. And a damselfly. ๐Ÿ”ฝ Common Blue Damselfly, lots of these about, not many cooperative ๐Ÿ”ผ Meadow Brown ๐Ÿ”ผ Lots of these too, but devilishly difficult to photograph. … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyers

All those wonderful butterflies, and the dragons and damsels, we saw on our walk on 4th July 2026. Enjoy. Oh what a lot we’ve got! ๐Ÿ”ผ Speckled Wood ๐Ÿ”ผ Gatekeeper ๐Ÿ”ฝ ๐Ÿ”ผ Red Admiral ๐Ÿ”ฝ ๐Ÿ”ผ Large Skipper ๐Ÿ”ฝ Small … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Some More Pics

As the title says, here’s some more pics (from our walk along the Bure on 22nd June 2026) Enjoy The riverside path takes us behind various properties, residential, commercial, and eventually the park. Mostly we have wayside flowers ๐Ÿ”ผ Hedgerow … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyers

Photos from our walk on 15th June 2026.ย Butterflies weren’t so much scarce, as shy of the camera. Damselflies made up for the lack. Enjoy these few that I managed to snap ๐Ÿ”ผ Broad-bodied Chaser, the first I’ve ever seen, so … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyers

Butterflies and damsels from our walk on 10th June 2026. Enjoy ๐Ÿ”ผ Where else would you expect to find a Meadow Brown?ย ๐Ÿ”ฝ ๐Ÿ”ฝ Speckled Wood ๐Ÿ”ผ Painted Lady on Breydon pathย ๐Ÿ”ฝ ๐Ÿ”ผ Tortoiseshellย ๐Ÿ”ฝ ๐Ÿ”ฝ It’s a moth. I don’t know … Continue reading →

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