Spider's web

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

On the heath

male Broad-bodied Chaser - what a beast!

Four-spotted Chaser

Large Red Damselflies. This pair had a lucky escape when the female became entangled in a spider's web, but they made their escape

Soldier Beetle

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

Fowlmere

Chiffchaff. Darren managed to 'pish' this bird - it's the first time I've ever seen pishing work. It sat right up and cocked its head towards us.

Common Darter. No pishing required

Hawthorn leaves

And stunningly bright berries

Ivy - leaves and flowers

Phragmites

Southern Hawker

Umbellifer of some description (Cow Parsley, I suppose)

Distant new galaxy, or spider web?

Motion on water created by whirligig beetles

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

Gardens

Common Darter

Blue-tailed Damselfly

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

Hedgerow

Ox-eye daisies

Bumblebee in flight

Bramble blossom

Speckled Wood

Dog-rose

Azure Damselfly

Bee on Cow Parsley

Spider

Caterpillar 'floating' in mid-air, dangling on a line of silk

Leaves

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

Suffolk

Lapwing

Black-headed Gull

Swallow, not sure where to go next

Minsmere

Wren

Spider

Kittiwakes and other gulls on one of the intakes (?) at Sizewell

blossom

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM, some with Extender EF 1.4x II

Autumn's here

Comma

Graphocephala fennahi (rhododendron leaf-hopper)

photos taken with Nikon Coolpix 995