It is fascinating to watch small creatures moving around in their world. Take squirrels. As I watch, these small creatures are scampering around and in a matter of seconds they are up the tallest of trees whilst holding on to partly chewed nuts. Never missing or slipping even on the thinnest of twigs, they jump with ease from tree-to-tree 20 or 30 feet up off the ground. I stand admiring their strength and agility. On finding a safe rest place they sit poised with their tails curled up their back. Such elegance. Very soon they are down on the ground again busily hunting for buried nuts hidden underneath the leaf litter. Such is their success, I soon see them nibbling away voraciously taking very tiny but quick bites. In between eating are the play fights, which look great fun.
Ladybird balances on Papaver rhoeas field poppy)
A visiting 7-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on new bramble shoots
Grey squiirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) nibbling acorn
Garden spider caught in Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
Grey squiirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) nibbling acorn
Grass Snake (Natrix natrix) on pond edge
A male garden spider (Araneus diadematus) is winding its threads around a common green lacewing (Chrysoperia carnea)
Rosemary beetle (Chrysolina americana) on Perovskia 'Blue Spire'
Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) sunning on a Suffolk beach
Nectar seeking hoverfly visiting Lobelia 'Sapphire'
Candy-stripe spider shedding its skin on Monarda fistulosa
Small snail resting on Osteospermum 'Giles Gilby'
Lathyrus latifolius (Sweet peaa) snail visitor
Garden snail (Cornu aspersum) scaling a dried stem
Candy-stripe spider shedding its skin on Monarda fistulosa
Cabbage white chrysalis (Pieris brassicae)
Empty chrysalis case of Cabbage White butterfly (Pieris rapae) on sedge leaf
Damselfly visiting Coreopsis auriculata nana 'Elfin Gold'
Wild rabbit nibbling ating Lesser trefoil (Trifolium dubium)
Seeking shade three ladybirds on Worcester apple
Garden snail visiting Nasturtium flower
Speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) about to jump off Osteospermum
Sympetrum sanguineum (Ruddy darter dragonfly)
Sympetrum sanguineum (Ruddy darter dragonfly)
Harlequin ladybirds (Harmonia axyridis) resting in Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis with scale insect
Eryngium maritimum (Sea holly) with ladybird
Aeshna cyanea (Southern hawker dragonfly)
Candy-stripe spider (Enoplognatha ovata) with blue-grey egg hiding in Cotinus leaf
