Tag Archives: British Dragonflies

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 Mishmash Miscellany

Posted on October 8, 2024 by crispina kemp

A miscellany of photos from our walk 21st September 2024 in the order they came off my camera. Can you match them to the photos in Sunday Picture Post? Regardless, enjoy… Yellow toadflax, a reliable late flowerer Flowers amidst the … 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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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: Petals and Wings

Posted on August 27, 2024 by crispina kemp

Some of the details from our walk on 11th August 2024. Enjoy Bindweed in a bind with a hybrid mint while garden escapee golden rod provides the gold to the silver of a grey poplar I’d like to say this … Continue reading →

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Monday Flyers

Posted on September 25, 2023 by crispina kemp

One of the reasons I like this week’s walk is, this time of year, loads of dragonflies. So let’s get to it… And a recent arrival to our shores, I feel privileged to have seen it: Western Willow Widewing Damselfly… … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Some Petals, Some Wings

Posted on September 12, 2023 by crispina kemp

A few of the details from our walk on 16th August 2023. Enjoy. A female “Wall” Pretty blue damselfly A beefy dragon! Tansy and Ladybugs… loads of Ladybugs Common Mallow and St John’s Wort. Love the colour combo! Red Admiral … Continue reading →

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The Dragon Has Landed

Posted on July 1, 2023 by crispina kemp

Down To Earth, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week Two-for-one, back-to-front. To me, this looks like a small plane

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Tuesday Treats: Leaves, Fruits, Flowers and Stuff

Posted on December 6, 2022 by crispina kemp

Some of the smaller details from our walk to Burlingham Woods on 31st October, chosen for their colours Impossible to walk past and not notice… Orange Spindle berries with their pinky bracts… Teasel… of course A solitary late flowering knapweed … Continue reading →

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