Above. Photo credit: David Gill
We took a picnic to Dunwich Heath today, and down in Docwra's Ditch our eyes alighted on a very small slithery thing, a young adder. It was about 9cm in length and (from a respectable distance) reminded me of a fat earthworm. What a beautiful creature!
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| David at the 'entrance' to the heath |
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| The beach at Dunwich, with a single jogger and a single swimmer in sight |
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| Photo credit: David Gill |
There has been a lot of publicity in recent days about the Jersey Tiger moth. I had never seen one until this afternoon when we noticed this one on the beach at Landguard, near Felixstowe. We have had the occasional Ruby Tiger in the garden and have seen one or two Scarlet Tigers (mainly in Cornwall), but this was my first Jersey.
What a beautiful insect! And there is something rather ethereal about it in flight when the striking orange-red underwings are displayed.
Resting on the groyne
Wonderful striped legs!
On the beach. Photo credit: David Gill
