Photo Blog

I love observing nature through the changing seasons both in my Norfolk wildlife garden and the surrounding countryside. I blog about wildlife gardening as well as about Norfolk butterflies, wildflowers and other flora and fauna that I come across. Bookmark my Norfolk nature photo blog to keep up to date with my photographic adventures.

Late Spring by the Pond

After a long chilly spring, the first and second week of May saw high pressure finally arrive in East Anglia and our meadow and pond burst into a hive of belated activity as temperatures soared into the 20s.

I saw my first Large Red Damselfly, my first Yellow Flag Iris and my first Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly, whilst the Ragged Robin started to reach full bloom. Our butterflies also got busier with Holly Blues out and about early, dancing along the native hedgerow. It seems to be a good year for them. With my Garlic Mustard and Dames-violet also in flower, Orange-tips and Green-veined white butterflies have now made an appearance too, though sadly in ones and twos.