Tropical videos

Here's enticing GVI video footage of Steph & Josh's whereabouts. Although I think the videos are from a previous team, they are great to watch.

Steph GVI Pta Gruesa, Mexico; Josh with GVI Seychelles.

In our garden: Cabbage White Butterfly

In our garden: Peacock Butterfly

In our garden: Small Tortoishell Butterfly

Sunshine on the Kennet and Avon Canal

       

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Kennet and Avon Canal on a sunny day

A sunny day on the Kennet and Avon Canal

Hornets are rare in Britain?

While enjoying lunch in the garden recently, before the wave of wet weather set in again in Wiltshire, I was distracted by a large wasp on a nearby plant. This turned out to be a hornet. Further investigation revealed hornets coming and going from a nest in our neighbour's roof space.

I'm not sure whether to be pleased that we have rare insects in our garden (to complement an impressive variety of butterfly species this year), or look forward to our neighbour having the nest destroyed before the wasps become overly pervasive later in the year.