| 13/3/2010 |
Added February's diary page. |
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| 13/2/2010 |
Added January's diary page. |
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| 10/1/2010 |
Uploaded the fully updated and redesigned pages for the families of Diptera within the Nematocera and Orthorrhapha groups. I'm still working on the Cyclorrapha families and they will be uploaded as soon as I finish writing them. |
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| 8/1/2010 |
Added December's diary page. |
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| 13/12/2009 |
Added November's diary page. |
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| 30/11/2009 |
Moved to Nottingham. I am now based in Long Eaton, about 6 miles southwest of Nottingham. Updates may be a bit sporadic during the next couple of months while I get myself settled in to my new home. |
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| 7/11/2009 |
Added October's diary page. |
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| 1/11/2009 |
Added new photos to the following beetle galleries: Carabidae, Malachiidae & Oedmeridae. |
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| 27/10/2009 |
Updated some of the Hemiptera galleries to include new photos: Aphids, Aphrophoridae, Cicadellidae, Delphacidae, Miridae & Pentatomidea. |
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| 24/10/2009 |
Updated the spider galleries. They have now been arranged into family groups and contain about 100 photos. If you have any ideas about the identities of any of the unidentified species please e-mail me. |
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| 23/10/2009 |
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| 9/10/2009 |
Added another 9 new images to the Tsetse Fly Gallery, including a sequence of a female giving birth to a fully developed larva. The text has also been extensively updated to include much more information on the unusual life-cycle of this important disease vector. |
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| 9/10/2009 |
Added September's diary page. |
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| 17/9/2009 |
Updated the Tsetse Fly Gallery again with a further 9 images that fill in a few gaps in the life-cycle story and a couple of shots that show the apparatus used in the laboratory for routine feeding of the colony. The text has also been extensively updated. All I need to do now is figure out a way to photograph the females giving birth to the fully developed larvae without them escaping and flying around the lab... |
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| 12/8/2009 |
Uploaded the completely redesigned and updated Bees, Ants & Wasps (Hymenoptera) Galleries. Many previously unpublished photos have been added. |
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| 9/9/2009 |
Added 10 new images to the Tsetse Fly Gallery, showing the various stages of the life-cycle plus a couple of photos of Glossina palpalis. |
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| 3/9/2009 |
Added August's diary page. |
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| 23/8/2009 |
As a bit of a fun diversion from my normal photographic subjects, I attended a dog agility trial on Saturday morning. A small selection of some of the best photos has been added to the Miscellaneous Galleries section. |
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| 21/8/2009 |
Added 4 new species to the Buntings, Cardinals and New World Blackbird galleries. These are Mourning Sierra-Finch, Yellow-browed Sparrow, Buff-throated Saltator and Yellow-rumped Cacique. |
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| 18/8/2009 |
Added a Wood-borer Beetle (Anobiidae) gallery to the Coleoptera. |
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| 15/8/2009 |
Added a Psylloidea (Jumping Plant Lice) gallery to the Hemiptera. |
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| 13/8/2009 |
Updated the Neuroptera (Lacewings, Antlions & Allies) Gallery. New text and several new photos have been added. |
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| 12/8/2009 |
Uploaded the completely redesigned and updated Beetle (Coleoptera) Galleries. They are now arranged into family groups, with each family having its own page. At least 50 new photos have been added to the gallery. |
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| 11/8/2009 |
Added a couple of more species to the mirid bug gallery. |
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| 9/8/2009 |
Added July's diary page. |
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| 6/8/2009 |
Uploaded many new groups to the invertebrate galleries (including Cnidaria, Myriapoda, Acari, Opiliones, Isopoda, Mecoptera, Psocoptera, Thysanura, Phasmatodea, Blattodea and Dermaptera) and have redesigned the index pages. They now follow a rough taxonomic order and each major group of organisms is given a separate page. I've also added many new photos to the various groups. The pages for many of the larger insect groups (such as Diptera, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera) are still under construction and these will be updated as soon as I have finished writing them. |
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| 1/8/2009 |
Updated the text in the Eurasian Sparrowhawk gallery and added another 5 images of a male bird. |
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| 28/7/2009 |
Added a major update of the Arthropod Vectors of Human Disease galleries. They now include photos and information on sheep ticks, Tsetse flies, 5 species of Phlebotomine sand fly, Yellow Fever Mosquito and 2 species of Anopheline mosquitoes. |
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| 4/7/2009 |
Added June's diary page. |
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| 21/6/2009 |
Updated the Amphibians gallery to include 4 (possibly 5) new frog species including at least 2 unidentified frogs from Peru. If you can identify any of these, please email me. |
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| 20/6/2009 |
Updated the Pigeons & Parrots galleries to include new species and numerous previously unseen photos. |
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| 1/6/2009 |
I am in the process of a major overhaul of the invertebrate galleries to make them more educational. The new Hemiptera (True Bugs) galleries have now been uploaded. All the other orders will follow soon(ish). |
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| 1/6/2009 |
Added Northern Gannet and Northern Fulmar to the bird galleries and updated the following species: Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Linnet, Common Stonechat, Pied Avocet, Gadwall and Kittewake. All contain new photos found nowhere else on the site. |
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| 31/5/2009 |
Added May's diary page. |
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| 10/5/2009 |
Updated the Tyrant Flycatcher, Swallows, Gulls & Terns and Wrens & Thrushes galleries. Many new images and species added (mostly from the Peru trip). |
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| 5/5/2009 |
Added 4 new species (Cinnamon Teal, Torrent Duck, Crested Duck & Puna Teal) to the Duck gallery |
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| 4/5/2009 |
Added April's diary page. |
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| 3/5/2009 |
Updated the Pelicans, Boobies & Cormorants galleries. Many new images and species added (mostly from the Peru trip). |
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| 3/5/2009 |
Updated the Herons & Ibis galleries. New images and species added (mostly from the Peru trip). |
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| 26/4/2009 |
Updated the Landscapes galleries. Many new images added (Mostly to Scotland, Wales & South America). |
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| 26/4/2009 |
Added a Fireworks page to the Miscellaneous galleries. |
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| 4/4/2009 |
Added March's diary page. |
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| 19/3/2009 |
Updated the Raptors and Gambird, Hoatzin & Rails Galleries. Many new species added. |
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| 8/3/2009-15/3/2009 |
I've been updating some of the galleries this week. Have added new species and new images to the following galleries: Mammals; Amphibians; Reptiles; Shorebirds; Cuckoos & Owls; Hummingbirds & Trogons; Ovenbirds, Antbirds, Cotingas & Manakins; New World Warblers; Tanagers. The other galleries will be updated as soon as I have time. |
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| 5/3/2009 |
The final two pages (Machu Picchu and Lima) from the Peru trip report are now online. The complete report contains over 400 images! |
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| 26/2/2009 |
The Tambopata pages from the Peru trip report are now online. The remaining pages (Machu Picchu and Lima) will follow soon. |
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| 22/2/2009 |
The first half of the Peru trip report is now online. The rest of it will hopefully be uploaded before the end of the week... |
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| 6/2/2009 |
Due to personal tragedy this month, the publication of my Peru trip report has been delayed. It should, however, be online within the next couple of weeks. To keep you going until then, there are a few more photos from the trip in January's diary page. |
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| 2/1/2009 |
December's diary page contains a few randomly selected images from the many 1000's I took on my recent trip to southern Peru. A full trip report containing well over 100 photos will be posted soon! Hopefully, before the end of January... |
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