The insect collapse really is noticeable sadly. I am not sure it is a widespread or accepted idea as yet but I am firmly of the opinion that it dates to the replacement of lead in petrol with benzene… (View Post)

I had a much higher than ususal number of Holly Blues and Orange Tips. Plenty of Brimstones as well. A few of the gliders but not many and I think that is probably temperature related at the moment. … (View Post)

As I said on the previous thread I am really keen to get an EV but it is pointless until I can get pretty much anywhere in the UK on a single tank/charge as I can with my diesel. I don't use car… (View Post)

A number of friends of mine who do deep space astrophotography use DSLRs for this. The only thing they have to do when photo stacking is make sure they take lens cap on photos as well so as to allow … (View Post)

I just got a new phonerecently - the Galaxy S23 Ultra. These days I choose phones as much for the camera as the rest of it. In this case it has a 200 megapixel camera and I use it to its limits. Two … (View Post)