The sun is out at lunchtime lighting up the hedgerows; the autumn insects are feeding on the abundant ivy and there is a surprising diversity of wasps, flies and hoverflies.
Clematis hedgerow 
Clematis and ivy 
Wasp and fly on ivy 
Clematis in autumn 
Ivy bee Colletes hederae on clematis 
Late hoverfly Eupeodes luniger 
Hoverfly sp. 
Common wasp on ivy
In the evening, the lanes are in deep shadow but the sun hangs bright low over the downs until a huge grey cloud inches across the sky and smothers it. The autumn colours of the field maple, elms and dogwood and the profusion of overflowing old man’s beard create rich patterns along the narrow lanes hereabouts.
Deep shade of the evening in the lane 
Evening light 
Hedge cranesbill 
Evening sky 
Evening hedgerow
