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Snapped this lovely colourful Jay a while back while in the New forest in Hampshire, UK, A striking member of the corvid family, Garrulus glandarius.
A humble little Male Chaffinch in all his glory, one of the UK's most common little birds, and close up, one of our prettiest. Fringilla coelebs, taken in Abbots wood, East sussex UK recently.
A Prelude To Autumn or Spring
Colours in Nature
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Explore No. 138 on 1st September 2016.
AKA the African hemp and African linden, is a mallow (Malvaceae) Native to Southern Africa.
Here growing in the glasshouse at the end of the Walled Garden in Belvedere House and Gardens, Mullingar, County Westmeath.
an impressive big plant and such impressive bright colours in the flowers!
For the 125 pictures in 2025 group: number 20. Colours in nature
It was great to learn about this brightly coloured and spotted juvenile stage of the eastern newt's life cycle.
The striking bright orange juvenile stage is land-dwelling and is known as a red eft.
This is specifically the red-spotted newt Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens sub-species.
Striking colouration of this stage is an example of aposematism, a warning to predators not to eat them.
After two to three years, the eft finds a pond and transforms into the aquatic adult.
Needing a moist environment with either a temporary or permanent body of water; sure enough, this specimen was seen on a forest floor close to small stream.
Around 7 cm in length.
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....so tiny, about the size of an ant, swaying in the breeze while basking in summer sun, camouflaged.
125 in 2025 Challenge #20 Colours in nature
52 in 2025 #25 Macro
the partial exoskeleton of a dead tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) proving to be unexpectedly colourful, to me at least.
How thrilling to come upon Persoonia levis in the Blue Mountains, east of Sydney, here in Australia. Commonly known as geebung, a word from one of the First Nations languages of the Sydney region.
No surprise that the dynamic, eye-catching and unique trunk and bark caught my eye first.
This species is endemic to New South Wales and down in to Victoria, within dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone-based, nutrient-deficient soils.
They are adapted to a fire-prone environment - the plants re-sprout epicormic buds from beneath their thick bark after bushfires.
Flowers are pollinated by the longtongue bee Leioproctus carinatifrons and the fruits are consumed by vertebrates such as kangaroos, possums and currawong birds.
Growing to 5 m. Leaves can be seen top right and behind is a native Xanthorrhoea grass.
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ODC Our Daily Challenge: a matter of time
It's a matter of time to shape a leaf ... to spring ... to light ...
New 365 Projects 2025: 12.02.
Sometimes when we're walking, the oddest things will catch my eye. This hole in the tree trunk fascinated me. It wasn't until I got home and uploaded the photo that I noticed the bits of colour. I love that in nature, colour is never singular.
ODC Our Daily Challenge: Dry or Dried
find on my morning walk
New 365 Projects 2025: 22.01.
125 pictures in 2025: 20. Colours in Nature
All sorts of flowers are blooming now as the weather warms up.
For The Weekly Colour Challenge - Colours In Nature
This brightly coloured Mallard was looking good in the bright spring sunshine on the Brecon and Monmouth Canal
#32 Colours in Nature for 118 pictures in 2018
Hunting for Kingfisher in an urban Town Centre Water Garden, I came across this stunning lady, The Winter sun lit up the colours of her feathers beautifully and illuminating the water around her... I love the contrast of blue and orange in nature too and this images portrays that well.
Taken for the group 118 pictures in 2018
#32 Coiours in Nature
... are the colours I choose,
Won't you let me go down in my dreams. And rockabye sweet baby James.
(James Taylor)
118 Pictures in 2018 ... #32. Colours in Nature
Grovely Wood is one of the largest woodlands in southern Wiltshire, England. It stands on a chalk ridge above the River Wylye in Barford St Martin parish, to the southwest of the village of Great Wishford, within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. (Wiki)
Sony A7R II
Minolta 100mm F2.8 macro lens
Now spring is here the garden is coming to life - at last.
32 of 118 pictures in 2018 - Colours in nature
#32 of 118 in 2018: Colours in Nature. The colours in nature are often subtle shades, and not always bright.
During Lock Down Sheffield General Cemetery Trust have been running an art club for their volunteers. Here is some of the photographs I have submmitted. Each week has been a different theme.
Central Australia on SA border.
Dramatic tree-like patterns from the river systems flowing through the outback in Central Australia
Near Wyndham, The Kimberley WA.
Aerial view of one of many salt lakes found in Australia's remote regions. This one was spotted flying over The Kimberley in WA.
An iris in bloom at the RHS Garden, Hyde Hall, bringing a dash of colour to a dull February day.
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