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First regular person going out and doing regular things thing I've done since March 2020. Delicious coffee from @rockhillbrotherscoffee - well worth the very long walk from home. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTKchm1I9h_/?utm_medium=tumblr

Now you see me... Now you don't. Clifden Nonpareil (Catocala fraxini) common name the Blue Underwing for obvious reasons. With thanks to my friend Aaron for showing them to me when I was out on Sunday. Didn't take anything of note yesterday as I was in a hurry and mainly walking and scouting. ______ #today #todayis #diary #calendar #photooftheday #lockdownproject #nature #naturephotography #woodland #woodlandphotography #lepidoptera #Clifden #Nonpareil #Catocalafraxini #Blue #Underwing #moth #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixg9 #leica50200mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CS_Nbh9Irg5/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sharp detour before this descends into Fieldsofwheatwithlonetreestagram. Personally I'd be fine with that as I'm enjoying the change of subject and can just about get over the Theresa May associations but you gentle viewer might feel otherwise. So, hover fly on a buddleja, Helios 44-2. Side note: This will be the 492nd "Today Is..." post and while I've no desire to stop I'm thinking they deserve their own account from post 501. Any thoughts on whether that's a good or bad idea? I'd also quite like to have this space just be photographs without the text overlays and similarly the daily posts be unbroken by other photos. If you're reading this somewhere other than Instagram you'll still get them wherever you are. ______ #today #todayis #diary #calendar #photooftheday #lockdownproject #nature #naturephotography #woodland #woodlandphotography #insect #hoverfly #Volucellapellucens #flower #buddleja #pink #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #panasonic #urth #manual #vintage #vintagelens #helios44 #helios442 #helios44_2 #lumixs1 #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CS80mo9oE02/?utm_medium=tumblr

Went on a very long walk to scout more places to photograph yesterday. Walked across a plank bridge over a ditch, after a turn I've never taken before, to find myself at the side of a wheat field. Definitely a change of scene and dotted with trees which will be great to shoot as the weather changes through the year. ______ #today #todayis #diary #calendar #photooftheday #lockdownproject #nature #naturephotography #oak #tree #wheat #wildflowers #uk #panasonic #lumixs1 #panasonic24105mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CS60F_hIj1P/?utm_medium=tumblr

I know pet foxes are a really bad idea, but I'd happily settle for them not slinking off almost as soon as they spot me. So damn cute. There were enough of them around last year that they trod a desire line into the back lawn between a hole in the fence and the place we think they use as a den. ______ #today #todayis #diary #calendar #photooftheday #lockdownproject #nature #naturephotography #garden #fox #Vulpesvulpes #vulpes #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixg9 #leica50200mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CS3jYIFoVky/?utm_medium=tumblr

Scrambled egg slime mould (Fuligo septica). You can see it all year round but this shot feels like autumn already which is a little sad but also exciting. ______ #nature #naturephotography #woodland #woodlandphotography #Fuligoseptica #mould #mold #yellow #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixs1 #panasonic24105mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CS1DFKxox1W/?utm_medium=tumblr

If a photo's worth taking, it's worth taking again but trying to do better, even if the light is terrible :). ______ #nature #naturephotography #insect #dragonfly #dragonflyphotography #migrant #hawker #migranthawker #Aeshnamixta #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixg9 #leica50200mm https://www.instagram.com/p/CSykRA4IFyK/?utm_medium=tumblr

Tight crop because the detail is nice. ______ #nature #naturephotography #woodland #woodlandphotography #bird #birdphotography #robin #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixg9 #leica50200mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CSyj6I4I3IH/?utm_medium=tumblr

More robin action on yesterday's perambulation. ______ #today #todayis #diary #calendar #photooftheday #lockdownproject #nature #naturephotography #woodland #woodlandphotography #bird #birdphotography #robin #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixg9 #leica50200mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CSyjwoMowrn/?utm_medium=tumblr

Migrant hawker yesterday lunchtime. Took this from a spot that's usually patrolled by very aggressive black-tailed skimmers. There weren't any around so it gave the other species more space to play with, and thankfully hover. ______ #today #todayis #diary #calendar #photooftheday #lockdownproject #nature #naturephotography #insect #dragonfly #dragonflyphotography #migrant #hawker #migranthawker #Aeshnamixta #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixg9 #leica50200mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CSwDWF9orQW/?utm_medium=tumblr

When shall we three meet again? ______ #today #todayis #diary #calendar #photooftheday #lockdownproject #nature #naturephotography #snail #snails #brick #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixg9 #leica50200mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CStdAsNIksb/?utm_medium=tumblr

Went back to the lake for the first time in ages yesterday for a change of scene and subjects. Caught this robin on the way there. ______ #today #todayis #diary #calendar #photooftheday #lockdownproject #nature #naturephotography #woodland #woodlandphotography #bird #birdphotography #robin #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixg9 #leica50200mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CSq-R2SIodr/?utm_medium=tumblr

Slim pickings again yesterday, lots of these spikey bois around though. Tachina fera, nasty as they look. Kind of like them though. ______ #today #todayis #diary #calendar #photooftheday #lockdownproject #nature #naturephotography #woodland #woodlandphotography #fly #insect #Tachina #fera #Tachinafera #spikey #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixg9 #leica50200mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CSpj4COI1yv/?utm_medium=tumblr

Yesterday was a riot of butterflies, silver-washed fritillaries, peacocks, a red admiral and a painted lady, but I also saw two Jersey tigers (Euplagia quadripunctaria) and I forsook all others. Actual lie, I took a whole load of photos of all of them, but the tigers are my favourite at the minute. Amazingly striking in black and white when their wings are folded but underneath, and in flight, a riot of orange and red. I used to think moths were the nocturnal annoyances that reminded you you should have shut the windows before turning the lights on at night. So wrong! ______ #today #todayis #diary #calendar #photooftheday #lockdownproject  #nature #naturephotography #woodland #woodlandphotography #moth  #mothphotography #lepidoptera #Jersey #tiger #jerseytiger #Euplagiaquadripunctaria #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixg9 #leica50200mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CSmq9nCoWJc/?utm_medium=tumblr

Friday the 13th did its thing, slim pickings on a cold and blustery morning. A kestrel off in the trees but otherwise not much of note. This Crocosmia (Plantnet suggests Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora) the only brightness to be found, but it's a joyful thing to behold at the first crossroads in the woods. Today's walk more than made up for it though, of which, more tomorrow. ______ #today #todayis #diary #calendar #photooftheday #lockdownproject #nature #naturephotography #woodland #woodlandphotography #flower #flowerphotography #Crocosmia #orange #yellow #green #surrey #uk #rspb_love_nature #UKWildlife #panasonic #lumixs1 #panasonic24105mm #lumixuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CSkSjSuosNY/?utm_medium=tumblr