Macro has for a long time been a hobby of mine, but recent years it seems to have slipped back in my favours. Now retired and more time on my hands I intend to rekindle the passion & hope to keep adding to this page as the year progresses...
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7 spot ladybird

Birch Shieldbug - Elasmostethus interstinctus

Blue Grape Hyacinths - Muscari armenicum

Catkin

Leaves

Grevillea Olympic Flame

Lichen - Xanthoria polycarpa

Water droplets

Green fly

Small Black Ant

Early Mining Bee

Hover Fly - Syrphus Ribesii

Hawthorn flowers

Green Shield Bugs - Mating pair

Green Shield Bug

Dandelion gone to seed

Earwig - Forficula auricularia

Dandelion husk

Dandelion flower

Harlequin Ladybirds - Mating pair

Yellow Dung fly (Female ?)

Red Weevil - Apion Frumentarium

Red Weevil - Apion Frumentarium

Green Dock Beetle - Gastrophysa viridula

Yellow Dung Fly - Male

Nettle Weevil

Nettle Weevil

Green Dock Beetle - Gastrophysa viridula

Green Dock Beetle eggs

Cucumber green orb spider

Dandelion PLUS !

Scalloped Hazel (Moth) Caterpillar ?

Unknown caterpillar & Bark lice

Dinner time.

Wasp Mimic - NoMarsham's Nomad Bee - Nomada marshamella Wasp mimic Bee.mada lathburiana

Wasp Mimic - Nomada lathburiana

Aquilegia

Aquilegia

Bloody Cranes Bill

Dandelion seed head

Greater Stitchwort - Stellaria holostea

Hawthorn blossom

Rhododendron Cerise

Rhododendron Pink

Rhododendron White§

Marsham's Nomad Bee - Nomada marshamella Wasp mimic Bee.

Marsham's Nomad Bee - Nomada marshamella Wasp mimic Bee.

Marsham's Nomad Bee - Nomada marshamella Wasp mimic Bee.

Marsham's Nomad Bee - Nomada marshamella Wasp mimic Bee.

Marsham's Nomad Bee - Nomada marshamella Wasp mimic Bee.

Globe Thistle & Bumble Bee

Globe Thistle & Bumble Bee

Globe thistle at closest distance

Globe thistle all in shot

White cornflower

Blue Cornflower

Globe Thistle & Bumble Bee

Pale blue cornflower

Lace cap flower

Heterotoma planicornis

Pollen Beetle - Meligethes aeneus

Heterotoma planicornis

Marmalade Hoverfly - Episyrphus Balteatus

Graphocephala Fennahi - Rhododendron Leaf Hopper

Deraeocoris flavilinea

Deraeocoris flavilinea

Deraeocoris flavilinea

Buff-tailed Bumblebee - Bombus terrestris

Red-tailed Bumblebee - Bombus lapidarius

Birch Shieldbug 3rd Instar

Birch Shieldbug Teneral Adult

Birch Shieldbug Final Instar

Tree Wasp - Dolichovespula sylvestris

Tree Wasp - Dolichovespula sylvestris

Lace Cap Hydranger

Lace Cap Hydranger

Syrphus ribesii on Knapweed

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil - Lotus corniculatus

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil - Lotus corniculatus

Knapweed

Tapered Drone Fly

Knapweed

Tapered Drone

Meadow Brown Butterfly

Red Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulvaForest Bug

Pollenia rudis

Volucella inanis

Tapered Drone Fly

Crane Fly

Holcus mollis - Creeping Soft-grass

Marmalade Hover Fly

Green Shield Bug

Helophilus trivittatus - The Footballer

Helophilus trivittatus - The Footballer

Forest Shield Bug - Pentatoma rufipes

Grypocoris stysi

Dicyphus pallicornis

Deraeocoris flavilinea

Deraeocoris flavilinea

Greenfly - Male

Tapered Drone Hovering

Deraeocoris Ruber

Deraeocoris Ruber

Cucumber Green Orb Spider

Forest Shield Bug - Pentatoma rufipes

Alder Spittle Bug

Small Skipper & a bee

Small Skipper

Nursery Web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis

Great Willowherb

Speckled Wood

Musca Domestica - House Fly

Deraeocoris ruber

Alder Spittle Bug

Peacock Butterfly

Lacewing on the window...
This time of year brings us some incredibly beautiful Fungi
OK so maybe some are poisonous... But still beautiful
I am far from being an expert or knowing the names of, but will try my best. Please don't shoot me if wrong !


Angels Bonnet

Earthball

Golden Scalycap

Golden Scalycap

Leopard Earthball

Lumpy Bracket

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