I saw Bee Orchids for the first time last week, on a walk in the rain, around Sheepcote valley. There weren’t many of them, about 36 flowering stems in about an acre of grassland and only one of those stood … Continue reading
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British Blue Butterflies Castle Hill, on the edge of the city of Brighton & Hove, is a Nature Reserve within the South Downs National Park. The habitat of chalk grassland and mixed scrub has been designated a Site of Special … Continue reading
Colleen will be showing her work at ‘Ilana Richardson and Guests’, venue 6 on the West Hove Trail as part of the OpenHouse exhibition in the Brighton Festival. 66 Langdale Gardens, Hove, BN3 4HH Tel: 01273 726 464 e-mail: art@ilana-richardson.com … Continue reading
Shield Bug Prey I was lying down in grass on Ditchling Common in Sussex when out of the corner of my eye, I spotted something happening which grabbed my attention. A Spiked Shieldbug, Picromerus bidens was dragging this Pale Tussock … Continue reading
Digital image capture has extended the scope of image making by enabling the photographer, unhampered by the prohibitive cost of film, to adopt a much more experimental way of working. A new world of possibilities has opened up by using … Continue reading
This is a very small insect, 6-9 mm in length, with the female being considerably larger than the darker-coloured male. It isn’t an insect I go out specifically looking for but one which I might photograph if I come across … Continue reading
I came across this Drinker moth caterpillar when wandering around in the rain last week at Woods Mill nature reserve in West Sussex. It took some time before I found much insect activity as many insects were sheltering beneath leaves … Continue reading
This image was used in the May/June issue of Resurgence magazine to illustrate an article by Keith Critchlow on his book The Hidden Geometry of Flowers. Resurgence is published by The Resurgence Trust to promote ecological sustainability, social justice and … Continue reading
Colleen will be showing her work at venue Number Forty on the West Hove Trail as part of the Open House exhibition in the Brighton Festival. 40 Leicester Villas Hove BN3 5SQ Tel: 07827 314 978 Open every Saturday and … Continue reading
Doug Devaney is a writer and performer based in Brighton. His latest show was written following a heart attack he experienced a couple of years ago and will raise funds for the British Heart Foundation. He took his one-man show … Continue reading