Anna Hughes
@diybirder
Leftie birder retired Brit lives rural France Do Euro butterflies and moths also an artist. Cycling follower. Please don't follow unless naturalist or personal friend as I really do BLOCK strangers
Having a stall yesterday at a local cider farm I photographed these on their pond Surprised to see broad scarlet and amazed by the endless all day non stop energy of the Emperor Normandy #dragonflies
So back after 14 days butterflying in Spain sometimes in impossible heat. Just two new species but great numbers almost everywhere and many reminders of hardly ever seen before species Showers of marbled white and Iberian MW
At the end of the most difficult butterfly holiday to Picos and Pyrenees ever due to temperatures up to 40 degrees here are a couple of pictures the second one is male Ripart’s anomalous blue
A slender broomrape from Normandy. In a wood retained by hunters in middle of agricultural fields. #flowers
A favorite arrived here yesterday and is active in the garden. the Spotted Flycatcher pray they stay #birding
Our nest site search for protection harriers is under way .this guy has a late and we watch . Montagus harrier Normandy
Three moths from near empty trap Aspen lappet tawny prom and giant peacock Normandy #teamoth
(My little) Duke of Burgundy s are at last out in the sun in the chasseurs wood. Butterflies #Europe
A near three week trip to Spain. Four years trying for Iberian Lynx. Yes now two seen . Some of the 140 or so great Bustards near Benevente. #birding
Do not let this carrot near your children nor your enemies nor your church nor your government
A week of painting to prepare some more submissions for the lovely Scilly Review. This was the last #ukbirding#art
I have next to zilch following on here but it’s a good platform so Happy Christmas and I’ll try to find a nice picture yes here’s a lovely migratory Pied Fly from August in the Massif Central #birdinguk
Remember Reading Week ? I’ve given myself one but spoilt it by doing my UK tax form .So some artwork mono print on cloth with collage #art then Wolf Hall hopefully
Pleasantly rare Southern Brindled Green today in trap of about 8 moths altogether We’ve had it before though. See atlas published some 8 years ago #teammoth
After four weeks away noticed this newt swimming in empty jam jar just outside the back door. Think it’s a smooth newt lots of orange underneath and it seemed very active and healthy. However longs it been there and how on earth did it get there ?Released to near the pond. #amphibians #newts
Another final sundown on Scilly looking out at the harbour of St Marys’ now 40 Octobers here wow how lucky we birders are #ukbirding
BLAIRS wainscot here in Normandy Just our second over the 18 years #teammoth
At last today a Radfords flame shoulder here in Normandy …all that peering at other peoples’ on Scilly paid off as immediately recognised possibly first for our Dept certainly first for here. Await recorders view but white hairs seen ! #teammoth