Tag Archives: British Butterflies

Tuesday Treats: All Sorts of Everything

Posted on October 15, 2024 by crispina kemp

A few of the details from our walk on 21st September 2024. Enjoy Berry season: spindle and sloes make for a prolific and colourful display While holly and lord and ladies colour us red Chestnuts and acorns provide the nuts … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: A Mixture of Everything

Posted on October 1, 2024 by crispina kemp

The seasons are changing, the riot of summer flowers gone, the rich harvest of berries and fungi now beginning. And of course, there are dragonflies within reach of the water. Enjoy… Ivy, the great attractor of bees, though not when … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: All Kinds of Everything

Posted on September 24, 2024 by crispina kemp

It is what it says in the title, photos from our walk on 30th August 2024. Enjoy… Not much variety amongst the baked grasses in the new reserve. But who can resist poppies? Above: not a wild rose but a … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Up Close and Personal

Posted on September 10, 2024 by crispina kemp

A few of the photographable subjects we encountered on our visit to Acle on Sunday 25th August 2024. Enjoy… Berries, some ripe, some not: blackberries and ‘haws’ (berries of the hawthorn) Rowan, aka mountain ash… And rose hips… all looking … Continue reading →

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Friday Special: Butterflies and Dragons

Posted on August 30, 2024 by crispina kemp

It’s not often I return from a walk with a camera heavy with photos of butterflies and dragonflies but our walk in 17th August 2024 was one such occasion. So here they are, all gathered across Acle Marshes. Enjoy… Gatekeeper, … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Amongst The Dunes

Posted on August 20, 2024 by crispina kemp

A selection of ‘detail’ photos from our walk on 1st August 2024. Enjoy… Fennel. Fennel gets everywhere. As does the sea-carrot here on the coast Tree lupin is abundant along this coast. It’s not really a tree; more of a … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Flowers, Butterflies and Moths

Posted on August 13, 2024 by crispina kemp

As promised, a selection of the flora and… other things… seen on my visit 30th July 2024  to north side of Breydon Water. Enjoy The golden flowers of sea purslane and the purple of sea lavender typical of salt marsh … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: The Graveyard’s Gatekeepers

Posted on August 6, 2024 by crispina kemp

Butterflies seen during my walk in the local cemetery on Sunday 28th July 2024. Gatekeepers, I find that rather suited to the location😎   It’s possible a couple of these are meadow browns, it’s sometimes difficult to tell from just … Continue reading →

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Common Ragwort

Posted on July 27, 2024 by crispina kemp

The butterfly count has been down this year. Too much rain. Too much wind. Their fragile wings have been battered and drenched. So I was delighted to see this Gatekeeper on this wonderfully bright and cheery Ragwort. And so I … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: The Finer Details

Posted on July 16, 2024 by crispina kemp

A few of the finer details seen on our walk on 4th July 2024. Enjoy Bittersweet and Bryony… with a spider tells us hands off, these are poisonous Close up of yellow water lily and the flowers of the lime … Continue reading →

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