Spotted these caterpillars on the birch in my garden in June. Turns out they're a species of Sawfly which are related to bees and wasps (Hymenoptera)
When alarmed they assume a defensive posture where they all hold their bodies in an outward curl.
Very cool.
Species is Pristiphora testacea
Phone shots
Usually the flowers of bramble (Blackberry) are white, but often I see ones with a pink or purplish tinge, like these.
Looking straight up on a walk to the shop.
The thin whispy clouds are Cirrocumulus. There's also some irridesence visible where the sun shows in the shot.
These were found growing in a verge by the side of a footpath near a main road. I'm used to seeing them growing in the wild!
The name Cowslip is said to derive from Cow's slop because it is often found growing near cow dung.
Spotted while walking the dog.
Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) and Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Phone shots
While watching TV yesterday afternoon I noticed the sky seemed to turn pink and the walls of the living room took on a weird tinge. I had to go outside to have a look. The sky was turning from pink to orange, like a sunset, yet it wasn't even 3.30!
Spotted these strange little fungi growing on some old rope in the garden (its part of an old cat scratching post, put outside for the purpose of seeing what, if any, fungi I could get)
Every evening the gulls fly over on their way to their roosting site, and I often go out to check out the sky for interesting clouds. On this evening I went outside with my phone and combined both!
Spotted growing at the bottom of a Whitebeam tree, I thought it might be Chicken of the Woods, but I discovered its actually called Meripilus giganteus.
