Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
A welcome visitor to the woods, but how difficult to photograph! This is the best of over fifty attempts – I gave up trying to freeze the wingbeats!
The New Plantation Comes of Age
It’s been nearly five years since this section of the conifer plantation was felled and replanted. Now it seems the 1100 saplings have suddenly reached adolescence to form a youthfully vigorous, broadleaf woodland. The plan to leave plenty of clearings and let the understorey thrive seems to have paid off. Read more…