Hornets

Hornets are large insects which catch others - here is one which caught a bumblebee, and flew along with it before hanging by one leg from a branch to feed.

Hambrook Pack Bridge

Follow the footpath around the Great Western Brewery and across a field, and you arrive at a 17th century pack bridge crossing the brook. You can walk over it, and then follow the brook to the Frome Valley Walkway, or follow other footpaths. There are also a number of nature mats put out along the path for animal shelter. The local rabbits like them - they leave messages on top of a number of them! But under one a common shrew was found sheltering.

In the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve

Eristalis tenax enjoying some autumn thistle.

Hoverflies

A hoverfly after pollen.

Wildlife of Bradley Stoke - Large Skipper

Emptiness

You talk to the void,
No reply, just a gentle whisper of the wind.
No echo, just a gentle diffusion into infinity.
No horizon, land and sky blurred together.
No love, feelings flow without a dam to bridge.

Whiteness is what comes to mind,
But white is all colours present, mixing in equal parts.
Take them away, one by one, colours, sight, sound;
Blackness, emptiness.

Dragonflies and sunny weather in Harry Stoke

Sunny weather in Harry Stoke at the nature pools. Look carefully and you can see dragonflies and their reflections in the water. Dragonfly extruva were also visible on the iris's. The pond is full of tadpoles, and there are mating damselflies in almost their hundreds. At least two large dragonfly species are present, including the Broad-bodied Chaser.