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A few from the archives.. seem to have a lot of archives!!
Anyway, these are a throwback to our Suffolk trip in April...
Please see Suffolk April 2017 album. www.flickr.com/photos/wendycoops224/albums/72157682818547896
Thanks Steve for the heads-up on this. The wide screen version can be found in comments below. :@}
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After seeing the cute Treecreepers on Winterwatch, I thought I'd better upload a couple of shots of our local ones :-)
While I waited for the Barn Owls which never show this turned up and landed on the gate just as the sun was setting.
Blackbird
We've been watching Springwatch on BBC so when I spotted this young blackbird doing a bit of sunbathing I thought I'd grab a photo.
Unfortunately the result isn't as sharp as I'd like so I probably should leave wildlife photography to the experts.
One of the undeniable upsides to Covid related travel restrictions, has been a rediscovered appreciation for the wildlife that comes to visit us, rather than it being the other way round; certainly you need to look no further than the Self Isolating Bird Club set up by Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin, (which can only be described as a phenomena), to see how nature brings so many people solace during difficult times. So what better than to fill the feeders and sit a while in the garden with my camera, watching and photographing the comings and goings? We certainly seemed to have enjoyed a larger than usual number of juvenile Starlings in the garden and not just because we were around more to see them - both my wife and I are key/essential workers. But being inspired to appreciate it more really was a salve away from the usual but different working days. And would you believe me if I said that this particular feeder was full no more than 30 minutes before this was taken?
Short break from Suffolk, have been out on the local patch too, so here's some of what I've been seeing...
Please see Minibeasts 2017 set
www.flickr.com/photos/wendycoops224/albums/72157677954876543
Watched as the bird graduall soared higher once it had found a thermal, this was quite low down.. Once it really soared, it met up with a second Buzzard and as I processed the images, I could see it looking around.
Please see Local Birds & Wildlife 2017 set www.flickr.com/photos/wendycoops224/albums/72157677498251730
Please see Local Birds & Wildlife 2017 set www.flickr.com/photos/wendycoops224/albums/72157677498251730
Peekaboo! A young Roesel’s Bush Cricket, or rather first instar nymph, (I believe this is the term), perches nonchalantly on a grass stem. I first discovered these as adults for myself last year on my local park and am very happy to see them again this year; they are absolutely stunning creatures and are well worth getting on your hands and knees to look for in areas of ungrazed, undisturbed grass; they favour damp grassland and meadows. The nymphs emerge May/June and they can be seen as adults until about October. The name comes from August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, a German entomologist - their scientific name is Metrioptera roeselii.