Daily Archive: March 7, 2014

Water Ladybirds (Anisosticta punctata)

Water ladybirds escape the flood

Water Ladybirds (Anisosticta punctuate) on the entrance gate posts to RSPB Greylake nature reserve on the Somerset Levels.  Normally these ladybird spend winter between leaves and in stems of reeds and grass tussocks.  I assume as much...

Pumping out the flood water

Somerset Floods

The floods across the Somerset Levels have been hitting the news.  I needed to take an opportunity in a break from work to see what had happened first hand.