I don’t often go searching for, or find, creatures at ground level – I’m at an age where, if I get down on the ground, I might not be able to get back up again! But I happened to glance down and spotted this little fellow trundling across the path in front of me so I quickly got my camera out and followed its progress in to the short grass, hoping I’d be able to get a few shots.

As per the species description on the Naturespot website, Barynotus obscurus is a ‘large broad-nosed ground weevil’, whose ‘light brown elytra [wing casings] have a slight mottling of paler blotches’. Its body also has a light covering of short bristly hairs. Adults of the species can be found all year round pottering about at ground level, sometimes exploring under stones, other times pootling about in low bushes, though its camouflage can make it tricky to spot.