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Storton's Pits

14th April 2026

Having an hour or so to spare on a windy but pleasant morning I took a quick stroll around Storton's Pits. The Nature Reserve is next to busy industrial estates, clanging, banging and birdsong!

A tall slender lift tower dominates the skyline with a glimpse of meadow and hedgerow in the foreground.
A large black and dull yellow Hoverfly is taking a break on a large green leaf.
Nestled amongst some foliage is a Harlequin Ladybird
A male Orange Tip Butterfly at rest with folded wings showing the large orange patch on the tip of its white upperwings and the greenish brown pattern on the underwings.
A brightly coloured Peacock Butterfly with partially folded wings is resting on a large leaf.
A medium sized bee with a black body and covered in cream coloured hairs which are a little more gingery coloured around the thorax.
A rather furry Bee Fly is feeding from a Ground Ivy flower using its long proboscis.
A medium sized pristine golden yellow and black Hoverfly is investigating a large yellow Dandelion flower.
Delicate looking pale lilac to white flowers of Cardamine pratensis with four broad petals and pale green centres.
A Common Green Shieldbug unsurprisingly rather green in colour with pinkish red tips to its legs and antennae.


You can see the old lift tower from almost every point of the Nature Reserve

A tall slender lift tower dominates the skyline with a glimpse of meadow and hedgerow in the foreground.





Glapthorn Cow Pastures

8th April 2026

A lovely sunny day in early April and my Mum fancied a little walk at Glapthorn Cow Pastures. We didn't have too long a walk but it was really quite delightful with blossom on the trees and hedges and plenty of buzzing insects

A view of a narrow grassy path in the woods with white Blackthorn blossom lining the edges and fresh green leaves.
A small clump of Blackthorn Blossom showing the five broad white petals with pale green centres and long stamens.
A small group of pink and white flower buds surround an opened Crab Apple flower with five large white petals and shortish white stamens.
A single Violet flower with five large purple petals which lead in to a lighter centre.
A pale purple funnel shaped Ground Ivy flower is host to a visiting 16 Spot Ladybird which is a pale cream colour with black spots.
A brown hairy Bee Fly is soaking up the sun on a small patch of old brown leaves.
A Celandine flower is hosting a colourful solitary bee mostly black but with orange hairs on its thorax and the tip of its abdomen and short creamish hairs elsewhere.
A single stem of blue to lilac Bluebells yet to open fully and pictured against a backdrop of wintery brown undergrowth.


The woods looked lovely in the sun

A view of a narrow grassy path in the woods with white Blackthorn blossom lining the edges and fresh green leaves.





Old Sulehay

6th April 2026

A sunny day was chose for our second walk of the year around Stonepit Close at Old Sulehay. A few weeks makes quite a differnce in the spring

A view over part of the Nature Reserve with rocky sparsely vegetated ground surrounded by trees just turning green on the higher ground.
A cluster of Wild Primrose flowers with five broad pale yellow petals and a darker yellow centre.
A large pale green Brimstone Butterfly is perched with wings folded on a Common Primrose flower.
A small hairy plant with a light purple funnel shaped flower spotted white and light purple on the inside.
A brown hairy Bee Fly is enjoying a break and resting in the sunlit undergrowth.
A purple violet flower with five long broad petals leading to a paler centre with orange reproductive parts.
A bright yellow Lesser Celandine flower above some very hairy green leaves.
A small bright yellow Dandelion flower enjoying the sun.


There are lots of different habitats at Stonepit Close, I do enjoy the rocky ground though

A view over part of the Nature Reserve with rocky sparsely vegetated ground surrounded by trees just turning green on the higher ground.