One of my top favourite trees is not easy to photograph. This superb and vaguely disquietening alder is nearly always in shade. That's fine for anyone who loves the mystery of these woods. But for a good record as a photo you need more light. Today the sun was just right to reveal it without destroying the mystery. Arthur Rackham would have loved it.
Butterflies are not one of my main interests though I enjoy seeing them. I simply react to the over-emphasis on birds and butterflies by the conservationist lobby who think that all countryside must be managed for 'biodiversity' (or rather biodiversity grants). The Speckled Wood here has a liking for fresh bracken though more often prefers bramble.
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