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An island adrift in alien seas (https://dark-mountain.net/an-island-adrift-in-alien-seas/)

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Leafcutter bee on helenium in the Leechwell Garden July 16th 2022

Common blue butterfly on meadow vetchling, Totnes August 19th 2021

Long-horned bee, seen below East Prawle June 4th 2020

Pantaloon bee (Dasypoda hirtipes) seen at Dawlish Warren, August 5th 2019

The first Wool carder bee of the season, seen in the Leechwell Garden, Totnes June 17th 2019

Common carder bee feeding from bluebell (Slapton, April 3rd 2019)

The first page of my article on solitary bees in the July/August edition of Resurgence and Ecologist Magazine showing a male hairy-footed flower bee.

Resting Nomada Marshamella bee seen at Totnes May 11th 2018

Green Hairstreak Butterfly seen at Gara Rock 13th May 2018

Sicilian Honey Garlic (Nectaroscordum siculum) seen by the roadside on May 5th 2017 between Dartington and Totnes

Autumn Crocus growing through grass on Dartington Estate in Devon, October 16th 2016

A Bombus pratorum worker meets a white crab spider and the end is not a good one for the bee, May 30 2016

Tadpoles in Leechwell Garden, Totnes - February 20th 2016

Buff tailed bumblebee (B. terrestris) worker on grevillea, Torquay, December 9th 2015

Juvenile Common Lizard seen in Dorset, August 2015, photo by Hazel Strange

Red-tailed bumblebee queen seen towards the end of March 2015 in South Devon

An Ivy Bee seen on October 14th 2014 near Paignton in Devon

An Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar, seen in Staverton, Devon, September 2014. Photo by Hazel Strange. The shoe is there for size comparison.

We saw this Great Green Bush Cricket in August 2014 in Dorset. It is at least 4cm long!

Saw this plant growing in cracks between the stones on the Cobb at Lyme Regis in Dorset. I think it is Rock Sea-Spurrey. The photograph was taken by Hazel Strange (August 2014).

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