Have you seen any of these beauties? #nature #writing #photography #butterfly creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2026/05/pain...

Painted ladies everywhere. Even on our campus loving the dogwood. I'll be upset if you don't like these beauties! I'll tic insanely at you. #nature #butterfly #photography

All sorts of odd but not too rude verbal tics today. Although one startled a Portuguese lady when she used the fridge. So, Tourettes walk needed, and a slightly tired holly blue butterfly found on the cherry laurel. #nature #butterfly #tourettes #wildflowers #photography

Painted ladies very numerous this UK spring. Several in the library gardens today. #nature #wildflowers #butterfly

Old chapel and home to one of our town swift colonies #photography #nature

Big bumblebee love #nature #writing #bumblebees #butterfly #wildflowers #photography creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Been trying some astronomy sketches with pastels. I think an astronomer might be able to tell what they are but god knows. #astronomy #art #sketching

Always nice to see one of the great characters of the insect world back out and about on a suddenly warm afternoon. The swollen thighed flower beetle. #nature #insect #wildflowers #photography

Finally got a photo of a red tailed bumblebee. There doesn't seem to be many around, so to meet this young lady was a bit of a relief. Seems to be enjoying the meadow Clary #nature #wildflowers #bumblebee #photography

Beautiful tiny mint moth in the library nature reserve #nature #moth #photography

Honey bee loading up her saddlebags #nature #bee #wildflowers #photography

"It's all clear, so I'm coming out!" #nature #flower #bumblebee #photography

Me and my shadow! Found this box bug on the Japanese roses on campus during afternoon Tourettes walk #nature #insect #shieldbug #photography #tourettes

Bee bum deep within a Japanese rose #nature #bee #wildflower #photography

I love being able to get butterfly photos, it isn't always easy! #writing #nature #photography #butterflies #wildflowers creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-qu...

Found some lovely bumblebees out today despite the windy, slightly cool weather. Early bumblebee and common carder. Please show them some love. And me for that matter. Tourettes is tiring today. #nature #bumblebee #wildflowers #photography #tourettes

Went to the solicitor's office, the senior partner was outside fixing lunch #nature #bird #photography #funny

Buff tailed bumblebee enjoying Japanese rose on another lovely spring day #nature #wildflowers #bumblebee #photography

I'm so glad my bee photo got so much love! Let me then try you out with this beautiful spring day find - a female orange tip butterfly found on my Tourettes escape walk in the library gardens. #nature #tourettes #wildflowers #butterfly #photography

Take off for this heavily laden honey bee! #nature #bee #wildflowers #photography

There's been a lot of painted ladies reported in the UK in recent days. I just found this on my Tourettes clearing morning nature walk on our campus. #nature #butterflies #photography

Bumblebee finds on our work campus #nature #writing #bumblebees #wildflowers #photography creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2026/05/rock...

Tiny common carder bee enjoying rock cranesbill, found on a chilly day on my Tourettes walk #nature #walking #wildflowers #bumblebee

Wildflowers in the library gardens today. Was sat sketching with a cup of tea, enjoying the peace of it #nature #wildflowers #photography

Cricket is back, and I'll be writing about it again this year after most of last season off. But it's not just cricket in these reports! #nature #writing #cricket #photography creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-vi...

Short fringed miner bee in the park today! #nature #bee #wildflowers #photography

Noble false widow spider turned up at the pub quiz. Useless arachnid was no help. #nature #photography #spider

I'm not just a photographer. I'm sort of an artist as well. Sort of. #nature #writing #art #sketching #photography #wildflowers creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2026/04/sket...

The little pond in the library nature reserve now has it's own mermaid #nature #photography

Spent time in the garden of the family home today. Lots of flowers blooming! And an early bumblebee paying a visit. #nature #bumblebee #wildflowers #photography

The elusive, fast moving goodens nomad bee in the library gardens #nature #bee #photography #wildflowers

Cricket practice, and sunset over the cattle market #photography #sunset #cricket

Gnat filled sunset from my run tonight #running #sunset #photography

The imposing, spectacular and thought provoking knife angel has arrived in town. Made of several thousand seized or surrendered knives, it commemorates those lives lost to knife crime. #photography #art #sculpture

Cooler weather = slower moving bees! #nature #writing #photography #bees #wildflowers creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2026/04/more...

Buttercups are in bloom, much to the jot of this red mason bee #nature #bee #wildflowers #photography

Venus and a thin crescent moon. Couldn't see it from home, had to go and take the shot at a supermarket car park. #nature #astronomy #astrophotography #venus #moon

I don't often see these, so very happy to see a spotted firebug today #nature #insects #photography

I only really do the nature writing and photography side of me here. Soft and pretty. But there is also me that wants to write sci fi and horror, of spaceships and monsters and eldritch nastiness #art #illustration #nature #scifi #horror #writing

Knackered after 10km run. Sciatica back a slight problem. Earlier today, found a lovely red mason bee on a quick afternoon break. The tiny nature reserve at the library is a godsend to me. #nature #bee #photography

Three new bee species for the year today #writing #nature #bee #bumblebee #photography creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2026/04/what...

Engagement seems to be down on all my platforms, let's try and get going again! The flowering cherry laurel is attracting mining bees in droves. This is an ashy mining bee. #nature #bee #photography #wildflowers

Ah, those butterflies are hard to keep up with! #writing #walking #nature #wildflowers #butterfly creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2026/04/butt...

Campus bluebells, on a day when I am just not at the races. Again. #nature #wildflowers #bluebell #photography #tourettes

The most vivid flowers I saw on my longish walk today, poppy anemone and a tulip #nature #wildflowers #photography

The familiar sun fly in it's stripey "footballer" jersey #nature #wildflowers #sunfly #photography

Kingcup with bonus beastie! #nature #wildflowers #photography

Dark edged bee fly doing it's hummingbird thing #nature #wildflowers #beefly #photography

New species for me today in the library gardens #nature #writing #bees #ladybird #photography #springwatch creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-ne...

Possible bi coloured mining bee on dandelion in the library gardens. #nature #bees #wildflowers #photography