Sunday 9 June 2019

Walked out under a bright crescent moon to see my first nightjar this season.

Silhouetted against a crystal clear cyan sky, sweeping over the meadow, jinking, twisting and turning -  out mothing in the gloaming.

Monday 3 June 2019

Found another treasure this morning, attached to the old tin shed.

A perfectly formed paper thin abandoned hornets nest.

Crafted out of chewed wood; a pale brown, spun sphere

Double skinned with a tiny piece of hexagonal comb concealed in the roof.

No hornets spotted as yet this year.

Saturday 1 June 2019

Time to rescue the ancient Bramley Tree.

Layers of debris were removed from the base of the tree, leaving a protective barrier of mesh to avoid damage from sheep grazing.

Sitting there on the bark was a beautiful male stag beetle, brown and shiny like a glazed pretzel!