The Britographer — Britain's Natural World, Photographed
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Britain through the lens
From Midlands hedgerows to Cornish clifftops — Britain never stops being beautiful, if you know where to look.
From the Journal
Latest from the field
Every week, a new story from somewhere in these beautiful islands. There's always something worth finding.
Wildlife
The tree bumblebee in September: rare, until it wasn't
A tree bumblebee worker with a full pollen load on buddleia in the first week of September, and why a second colony stopped being rare. A field note on Bombus hypnorum.
Wildlife
The cinnabar caterpillar: the poison, worn
The gold-and-black caterpillar stripping ragwort on a July verge eats a poison that would kill a horse — and wears it. A field note on the cinnabar.
Wildlife
The Worker Bumblebee
She is born female, fed just short of queenhood, and forages until her wings give out. A field note on the worker bumblebee and the work nobody sees.
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