An irregular blog of photos taken by me of insects and other natural history subjects on my travels around Yorkshire, Britain and Europe. Wednesday, 19 July 2017. Record shot of Sand Tailed Digger Wasp Cerceris arenaria. Friday, 2 June 2017.

Thursday, 1 April 2010. Please click over photo to enlarge. Thursday, 21 January 2010.

WELCOME TO LANIUS BIRD TOURS. View our latest video upload. Northern Bald Ibis, Morocco 2018, Dave Read. Desert Sparrow, Morocco 2018, Dave Read. Himalayan Bubul, Northern India 2017, Dave Read. Crested Honey Buzzard, India 2017, Dave Read. Collared Aracari, Costa Rica 2017, Dave Read. Violet Sabrewing, Costa Rica 2017, Dave Read. Montezuma Quail, Arizona 2016 Dave Read.

Birds, Leps, Observations and Generalities - the images and ramblings of Mark Skevington. Monday, 8 June 2015. Only the 4th VC55 record, first since 1987. Still to be determined! Was lucky to find a pair in cop. The mothing itself was a little poor, as has been the whole spring! So tomorrow.

This area was once the home to a quarry belonging to the Haslingden Plastic Brick Company. Tuesday, 24 February 2015. Cridden the Hill of Stags. Cridden guards you from the East,. It was that Hill of Stags,. A beacon fires to Hameldon,.

Scientific names in Family Groups. Trial Common names indexes in Taxonomic Order for use with Ipads and Iphones for Butterflies. Includes examples of the eggs of butterflies and moths and a guide to help identify the most frequently seen caterpillars in the U. Also some examples of cocoons and pupae and the advantages of sexing pupae. When breeding Lepidoptera in captivity. Taking close-up photographs of pupae.

The musings of a southern naturalist up north. Sunday, 2 August 2015. Have been back 10 days now and just perusing the photographs again and picking out a few that may be of interest. The organised boat trip to see the turtles was followed shortly after by hiring a small powered craft which we used to explore Turtle Island and the sea-cliffs around Keri.