I am enjoying a bit of dry weather as it hasn’t rained for twenty four hours. Yesterday afternoon I was wandering about and found several things to snap.
I checked the old straw bale to see if the Common Inkcaps had re-appeared, they hadn’t but this had. It’s a Rose-gilled Grisette. Volvariella gloiocephalus. There are many names for this mushroom both in Latin and English. These are edible and Slimy Volvar is one of the less appetising names.
There were plenty of Small Tortoiseshell butterflies around and with it being cooler they were posing nicely though not nicely enough for me to get a head on shot.
A Green or Blue Bottle. I have yet to convince myself there is any difference. I suspect it is how the light hits them.
The young Buzzards came out for a glide around and this is as good as it got.
I was very pleased the dogs found this wonderful display of Sulphur Tuft. Hypholoma subericaeum. It is a grand show.
Have a good week.
Brilliant photos as always but (I promise I'm trying to be helpful not picky) you might want to clean the lens you took the first three photos with. I can see two spots and a small curly thing (too small to be a hair I would think) in the same position on each photo. They don't detract from the photos but I'm guessing you won't want them to stay incase you end up take a photo you want to print large or sell.
ReplyDeleteMark they are on the sensor and I have run out of swabs. I usually spot remove in post but forgot. The other camera is worse it has a tiny midge in it. When I get above 1:1 I have to spend five minutes per image and sensor cleaning is both expensive and very hit and miss. Even if I never changed lenses Canon shutters fire drops of lubricant everywhere.
DeleteAh, I was so hopping they were on the lens as I can imagine cleaning the sensor is a right pain.
DeleteIt's rare for anything to show if it's on the front element Mark. Sensor cleaning is easy to do but hard to do successfully.
DeleteThe two butterfly shots are incredible.
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Mersad, they were in a cooperative mood.
DeleteLovely shots of the Tortoiseshell Adrian, and those Buzzards are getting closer too!
ReplyDeleteThe fungi file seems to be coming along nicely now, as well?....[;o)
Thanks Trevor. Plenty of fungi this week but ten times as many slugs.
DeleteThe Buzzards are ridiculously close to the van but I still can't find the nest.
Alf and Mol have great noses...clearly. Hope you've had a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteR.Mac, they had wandered off and found something revolting. It was just chance that these were close by a dad pigeon.
DeleteHI adrian Keep looking for the Buzzard. The Butterefly shots are brilliant.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, I see them several times a day but catching them close enough for the camera is a different matter.
DeleteLove the butterfly and thistle combo... Really nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bill, they were behaving today.
DeleteOh yes, the last one, Sulphur Tuft, are my favourites, love them.
ReplyDeleteBob, they do put on a good show.
DeleteDry for 24 hours! You are really short of water! I've seen the tight cluster of small fungus here. They don't last very long.
ReplyDeleteRed, these last a day or two. They are impressive whilst they last.
DeleteLovely butterfly photos! And I really like your last photo of all those mushrooms.
ReplyDeleteLinda, it is good to see butterflies. There are plenty about but not many days suitable for them.
DeleteThose aren't Buzzards! The split image: the one on the left if it's the size if about the size of a (just a little smaller though) Buzzard looks very much like to me a Goshawk I'm 99.9% certain, the second bird on the right looks more Harrier like but again similar to Goshawk only 50/50 any more images of that bird would be nice to have a look at Adrian. I'm leaning towards Hen Harrier for that one though.
ReplyDeleteActually looking again possible Pallid Harrier, cheers Monday morning headache lol.
DeleteDouglas, Whatever they are nesting somewhere not three hundred metres from the van but the trees are so dense and tall I can't find them. I do see a Goshawk from time to time but it moves so fast through the trees it is difficult to see it. I'll take a chair and sit down for an hour or so and have another go a serious go.
DeleteThere are buzzard here as on fine days they soar about up to half a dozen at a time. They soar high though.
Used to have many Small Tortoiseshell flutters visiting here until the cricket club nature vandals cut down the nettle patch at one end of their field.
ReplyDeleteNo shortage of nettles here. Butterflies are few and far between though.
DeleteI to have noticed a sad shortage of butterflies this year. Usually there are lots up no the downs, but this year, very few.
ReplyDeleteFrances, I don't know what has happened to them all. It is sad.
DeleteWow, Sulphur Tuft is very spectacular
ReplyDeleteKovacs, it does put on a great show. It is all i'm finding at the moment.
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