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A Marbled White with a parasitic red mite attached to its thorax, which apparently doesn't do any harm to the butterfly!
A female Redstart in woodland beneath the Betws mountain, Amman valley.
I saw the first Redstart (male) on April 21st so it was lovely to visit my favourite Redstart spot yesterday and see one male plus at least two, possibly three females.
The male seemed disinterested in the females but the females were chasing each other about relentlessly! Is there a reason for this anyone?
CONFUSED?
Mr. and Mrs. Robin are nest building already!
in our Letter/Newspaper box.
Middle of winter...unbelievable.
I'll keep you posted.
Spent the afternoon up on the Mendips chasing bugs...
Priddy
As seen on BBC SpringWatch Digital Grand finally 2020 !!
A female Kingfisher flips a fish around, ready to swallow head first as they always do. The image was taken in the Teifi Marshes in Ceredigion.
I've really been enjoying myself photographing these lovely, local Barn Swallows. These two were just having some friendly playful banter with each other I think, before flying off insect catching together. It's easy to see how the Swallowtail Butterfly gets its name from this shot. I was disappointed not to able to see the eye of the bird on the right, but we can't have everything!
It was good to hear about the Swallow on BBC Springwatch last night, that had been identified from a ring as it nested at Ken Hill farm here in Norfolk, as being ringed near Thornham, Norfolk back in 2016 I think and was now here on a nest agin. Incredible - the average life span apparently is only 2 years, so as that little fellow had been making the journey back and forth to and from Africa for 5 years is an amazing story. Long may it continue!
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Record shot and a very large crop. This was an unexpected extra on my visit to the seals.
Pomarine Skua - Stercorarius pomarinus aka Pomarine Jaeger
Donna Nook - Lincolnshire
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Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) Used for Springwatch blog
www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/natureuk/entries/eb3ae61d-8105-4282-8...
When the photographed tries to become the photographer...
Black Paws was an orphaned fox I helped feed and she has now moved to her own territory.
Turned out nice again. :@)
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As the light faded on the Scottish cliffs the last of the sun moved behind the beautiful beak and lit it up like a lantern..
Razorbill in flight over the North Sea at Bempton Cliffs.
We spent a lovely day at Bempton Cliffs yesterday. The weather was kind to us - after the morning, which was initially a little grey, the sun came out just before noon and the winds were fairly light.
These Razorbills are a bit tricky to capture in flight, as they are very fast!
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I took this photo of a Dotterel last September, they migrate from North Africa to their breeding grounds in the Scottish Highlands. One of their stop off points for 'refuelling' is the Black mountain in the Breacon Beacons. Springwatch presenter Iolo Williams actually recorded one of his TV shows about Dotterel on the very same mountain. Sadly I have not been able to see any Dotterel migrating this year during the Spring or on their return this Autumn. I hope it's not a sign of things to come and hope next year will be better.