From yesterday: a #PaintedLady #Butterfly.
#photography #nature #insects #lepidoptera
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New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/10/02/an-autumnal-photo-gallery/
An #autumnal #photo #gallery from #KingsLynn - this #blog post does exactly what it says on the tin.
#photography #birds #swans #cygnets #starlings #insects #bees #bugs #larvae #mammals #muntjac #rodents
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/09/28/england-finish-season-in-style/
A look back at the final day of the 2026 English cricket season and a large #photo gallery.
#cricket #ODI #EnglandvSriLanka #ENGvSL #CountyCricket #CountyChampionship #SomersetvSurrey #photography #birds #egret #swans #cygnets #insects #bees #butterflies #bugs
A #damselfly rests on a green leaf.
#photography #nature #insects #damselflies
A #PaintedLady and a #Tortoiseshell in the #Lavender.
#photography #nature #insects #lepidoptera #butterflies
Ollie Robinson with an early breakthrough, pinning Saim Ayub LBW for 0 to make it 4-1. Even before that dismissal Ayub had a very modest batting record for someone being deployed as an opener.
#cricket #TestCricket #EnglandvPakistan #ENGvPAK
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McCartney gets enough contact on a drive by Dunkley to deflect the ball into the bowlers end stumps and run Capsey out for 10. England 200-3 in the 34th over. That wicket heralds a drinks break (would have been due in one ball time anyway).
#cricket #WomensCrickwet #ODI #EnglandvIreland #ENGvIRE
Soft dismissal for Grewcock, caught and bowled by Murray for 35 to make it 183-2 in the 31st over. That 35 is her best international score to date, but she should have gone on, and should have done better with that ball. Capsey in at number four.
#cricket #ODI #WomensCricket #EnglandvIreland #ENGvIRE
Dunkley completes her second ODI hundred, from 100 balls. She has hit 14 fours along the way, and scored the runs out of 173-1 from 29 overs.
#cricket #WomensCricket #ODI #EnglandvIreland #ENGvIRE
England off to a strong start in todays #ODI against Ireland. They have been put into bat, and their chosen opening pair, Bouchier and Dunkley are both going well. They have scored 61-0 from the 10 over opening Power Play, which is a huge result after being put in.
#cricket #WomensCricket #EnglandvIreland #ENGvIRE
Bouchier gets a leading edge to one from McCartney and is caught by Lewis at cover for 39 (35). England 73-1 in the 11th - Bouchier has given her side a strong side. Jodi Grewcock comes in at number three. She could use a big score - she has yet to do much with the bat at international level.
#cricket #WomensCricket #ODI #EnglandvIreland #ENGvIRE
a #grasshopper (I think, from the size and look of the legs) resting on a green leaf overlooking a section of the Gaywood river.
#photography #insects #nature
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/07/05/arisaig-2026-23-homeward-bound-bridge-of-orchy-to-glasgow/
The antepenultimate post in my series about my #Scottish #holiday, taking the return journey as far as #Glasgow.
#blogging #photography #Scotland #Arisaig2026 #BridgeofOrchy #UpperTyndrum #Crianlarich #Railways #RailwayEquipment #Trains #RailwayPhotography
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/07/27/the-welsh-fire-mi-london-double-header/
A look back at Saturday afternoon/ evening's double header between #WelshFire and #MILondon and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #TheHundred #WelshFirevMILondon #WFvMIL #photography #birds #swans #cygnets #goldfinches #starlings #insects #bees #hoverflies #butterflies #PaintedLadies #LargeWhites #RedAdmirals #HollyBlue
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England finishing horribly here - the first ball of the 49th over was a wide, they took a run and came back for a second, and Gibson was way short of making it. England 290-9, with Filer and Corteen-Coleman together at the end.
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Duckett absolutely done by a beauty from Madushanka (it was a poor shot from him, but that should not detract from the delivery), bowled for a five ball duck to make it 6-1 in the second over. Enter Joe Root.
#cricket #ODI #EnglandvSriLanka #ENGvSL
20 overs into the Sri Lanka innings, which means we have a game. Sri Lanka are 99-6 chasing 356 for the win, which puts England a country mile ahead on DLS.
#cricket #ODI #EnglandvSriLanka #ENGvSL
Please sign this petition - Elon the Execrable definitely wouldn't want you to!:
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Kia McCartney misses her shot and Filer's yorker hits its target full on. Ireland 177 all out, their last 10 wickets going for 10 runs. England have won by 114 runs, and make it three wins in a row, all of them pretty comfortable.
#cricket #WomensCricket #ODI #EnglandvIreland #ENGvIRE
Somerset 731 all out, a first innings lead of 309. Tom Abell last to go for 307, the second highest ever FC score by a Somerset native behind Harold Gimblett's 310 (overseas stars Justin Langer and Viv Richards both also recorded higher scores for Somerset).
#cricket #CountyCricket #CountyChampionship #SomersetvSurrey #SOMvSUR
A good catch by Lewis off Murray gets Kemp, Dean hits her first ball for four and then Amy Hunter pulls of a sharp catch behind the stumps to remove the England skipper. England are 264-6 after 43 overs. Mady Villiers in at number eight - a very handy person to have coming in so late in the order.
#cricket #WomensCricket #ODI #EnglandvIreland #ENGvIR
Somerset haven't thrown the ball straight to Leach - they have made a very conventional start of trusting the new ball to Gregory and Overton.
#cricket #CountyCricket #CountyChampionship #SomersetvSurrey #SOMvSUR
50 up for Dunkley from 53 balls with six fours, and also 100 up for England in the 19th over.
#cricket #ODI #WomensCricket #EnglandvIreland #ENGvIRE
England using Dawson and Root to speed things through to 20 overs, at which point even if the heavens open the DLS adjustment will give them the match and the series,.
#cricket #ODI #EnglandvSriLanka #ENGvSL
Malinga sweeps at Jacks and picks out the fielder behind the wicket on the leg side, Joe Root, who makes no mistake. Sri Lanka 132 all out giving England a win by 232 runs to seal both match and series.
#cricket #ODI #EnglandvSriLanka #ENGvSL
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Asitha Fernando ends the innings with two wickets in two balls, but England still have 355-7 on the board. Fernando 9-0-64-3.
#cricket #ODI #EnglandvSriLanka #ENGvSL
This match has got away from Ireland remarkably quickly. From 167-5 they have crashed to 175-9.
#cricket #WomensCricket #ODI #EnglandvIreland #ENGvIRE
England in the process of crushing Sri Lanka at The Oval. The only championship match still live is at Taunton where Somerset need five more wickets to account for Surrey. The result will not change anything - whether they win or draw Somerset are second in this year's championship behind Warwickshire and ahead of Nottinghamshire.
#cricket #ODI #EnglandvSriLanka #ENGvSL #CountyCricket #CountyChampionship #SomersetvSurrey #SOMvSUR
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Breakfast time! A swimming #cormorant has a substantial catch in its beak, taken this morning.
#nature #photography #birds #fish
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/09/06/somerset-top/
A look back at events in the #CountyChampionship yesterday, which left #Somerset at the top of the table.
#cricket #CountyCricket #KentvWorcestershire #NorthamptonshirevDurham #NottinghamshirevLeicestershire #GloucestershirevDerbyshire #birds #waders #insects #bees #butterflies #HollyBlue #damselflies
End of a magnificent innings by Banton, caught by Malinga off the undeserving Colombage for 126 to make it 242-4 after 38 overs. Colombage's figures now read 6-0-47-1.
#cricket #ODI #EnglandvSriLanka #ENGvSL
Gerrymandle #142
Won the election in 7:32!
💎🏆 Perfect game
England into the 350s with four balls left of their innings. Jordan Cox now 75 not out from 50 balls, providing a late injection of pace to the scoring that has boosted the England score to a point that will make the chase a very difficult one for Sri Lanka.
#cricket #ODI #EnglandvSriLanka #ENGvSL
England all out for 291 from 48.5 overs. Ir is probably enough for their bowlers to defend, but from 260-4 it is definitely a disappointing score.
#cricket #WomensCricket #ODI #EnglandvIreland #ENGvIRE
Ryana Macdonald-Gay taking the necessity to 'throw the bat' a little too literally there! A single accrues in the end.
#cricket #WomensCricket #ODI #EnglandvIreland #ENGVIRE
Rebecca Stokell has found a curious way to get out - stumped off a bouncer! She was surprised by Macdonald-Gay banging the ball in short, and Capsey took advantage of her disorientation to whip the bails off and make it 127-4.
#cricket #WomensCricket #ODI #EnglandvIreland #ENGvIRE