Mother Shipton hiding in the grass Somerset Wildlife Trust Draycott Sleights,thanks Ross Somerset Butterfly Recorder for the general directions (Rosina is happy!) No Adonis seen
Our Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Chief People Officer Rob opening our #InternationalHRDay Workforce Directorate Away Day paying tribute to his role model Paul Draycott ๐
Believe it or not, videogames have set some people on a career in Classics. The Against the Lore Podcast team chat with Dr Kate Cook & Dr Jane Draycott about their fave videogames set in the ancient world. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/agaโฆ
A highlight from the Dipterists Forum spring field meeting last weekend was this superb Orange-legged Robberfly, Dioctria oelandica, found by Ian Draycott - the first ever record for Breconshire (๐ท by Martin Harvey)
At Draycott Sleights recently I thought the Brown Argus were often quite small & easily confused with Small Blue when in flight. Tricky to get a ruler close, but I estimate the wingspan of this BA to be about 22 mm cf 25-31 mm in ref book. Anyone else seeing small BA? BC Somerset & Bristol
Five years ago the family Negii and Roger Draycott walked the 60 miles of Suffolk coastal path in three days, all in aid of The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust's grey partridge appeal. Now finally recovered, we'll chance our arm with the Peddars Way this year.
