Monday, 23 April 2018

Bedfordshire Garden - Scarlet Tiger Moth Caterpillars

On 30 June 2016 I posted photographs of a Scarlett Tiger Moth on my house wall.  Included in the blog was a poor photo of its caterpillar taken some weeks earlier.
 
With the recent exceptional hot weather looking at small town garden, I noticed 3 similar caterpillars feeding on 'Forget Me Not', giving me an opportunity to get some decent photos off this beautiful caterpillar.  Hopefully they will survive to become beautiful moths.



Thursday, 8 March 2018

Stockers Lake Rickmansworth - Coots

I am making almost weekly trips to Stockers Lake, Rickmansworth, whilst my wife is dropped off nearby to attend a training course
 
This week, in the lulls of other bird activity, and as Spring approaches, the territorial behaviour of the coots always gives me something to photograph.