The last few days have been difficult for the blog because I have my 85 year old mother staying and this has seriously put a damper on my freedom to come and go as usual. However, this afternoon we went to the seaside village of Branscombe, a nice place for an old lady to visit, and a chance for me to be at least outside! This is a typical Devon shingle beach with steep cliffs. A stream meanders down a valley to exit into Lyme Bay but disappears under the shingle beach before it reaches the sea. I had a good look for Grasshoppers and Crickets and spotted two but couldn’t get a good enough look to name them, nor get a photo. I took pictures of this leaf hopper. It was one of dozens, all of the same species and easy to see.
I think this bug was a bit more unusual and as yet I haven’t got a name for it..
Having a good luck around led me to this caterpillar which is a 6 Spot Burnet, I would not have immediately known but it wasn’t too hard to identify.
later on, at dusk I had a look at the hill between Alphington and Exminster and took pictures of the Rabbits in a warren that has hundreds of occupants. I was really hoping that a fox or stoat would put in an appearance but I suppose that was expecting too much.