Dark intelligent eyes stare down past a long yellow beak with a hook tip and into the lens of my camera. Cormorant.

Needing a break from boring computer work, I grabbed my macro lens and went on a bug hunt!

A couple of hours in the heat of the afternoon resulted in some fantastic Butterfly encounters and a few cracking images!

The toads have returned to my local woodlands and as always i'm about watching them and taking pictures to boot. I love toads!!! Easily...