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Spotted on my weekly transect walk at King's Meadow Reserve in Nottingham (UK) - the only sighting on an uninspiring cool, breezy day (0203).
From a palm tree that produces small coconut like fruit. The trunk and fronds are covered with these thorns. They are up to six inches long and extremely sharp. The theme "tip" for today's Looking Close on Friday group inspired this photo.
A male orange-tip butterfly warming up his wings at Coombe Hill Canal & Meadows nature reserve in Gloucestershire. This was one of about ten seen on this visit in late April.
Disgusting !!!!! - Fly tipping in Red Beck Valley
A lovely little valley and then some ********* come and dump this over a wall ......
Reported to our Local Council
Common Tern - Sterna Hirundo
Juvenile
It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. Breeding adults have light grey upperparts, white to very light grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill. Depending on the subspecies, the bill may be mostly red with a black tip or all black. There are a number of similar species, including the partly sympatric Arctic tern, which can be separated on plumage details, leg and bill colour, or vocalisations.
Breeding in a wider range of habitats than any of its relatives, the common tern nests on any flat, poorly vegetated surface close to water, including beaches and islands, and it readily adapts to artificial substrates such as floating rafts. The nest may be a bare scrape in sand or gravel, but it is often lined or edged with whatever debris is available. Up to three eggs may be laid, their dull colours and blotchy patterns providing camouflage on the open beach.
Population:
UK breeding:
12,000 pairs
Aurorafalter / Orange tip / mariposa aurora / L’Aurore
Anthocharis cardamines
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Description du lièvre européen
C'est en quelque sorte un gros lapin , plus grand, plus mince, ayant de plus grandes pattes et de plus grandes oreilles. Sa taille varie entre 50 et 70 cm de longueur pour un poids de 2,5 à 6,5 kg. Les pattes mesurent entre 12 et 15 cm ce qui lui permet d'atteindre des vitesses de pointes supérieures à 60 km/h. Il a une petite queue légèrement touffue mesurant 7 et 11 cm et de couleur noire sur le dessus et blanc sur le dessous. Ses oreilles, plus longues que la tête, sont grises avec les pointes noires.
Son pelage est épais et de couleur généralement brun foncé avec la partie ventrale blanche ou beige. On note que certains spécimens prennent parfois une teinte légèrement gris foncé à noire sur la croupe. Enfin le lièvre mue l'automne pour prendre un pelage plus épais pour l'hiver et au printemps des poils vont tomber pour un pelage plus court et plus clair.
Le lièvre a 28 dents donc 16 sur la partie supérieure de la mâchoire et 12 sur la partie inférieure.
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Description of the European hare
It's kind of a big bunny, bigger, thinner, with bigger paws and bigger ears. Its size varies between 50 and 70 cm in length for a weight of 2.5 to 6.5 kg. The legs measure between 12 and 15 cm which allows it to reach speeds of peaks greater than 60 km / h. It has a small, slightly bushy tail measuring 7-11 cm and black on the top and white on the underside. His ears, longer than the head, are gray with black tips.
Its coat is thick and generally dark brown in color with the white or beige ventral part. It is noted that some specimens sometimes take a slightly dark gray to black hue on the rump. Finally the hare moults in the fall to take a thicker coat for the winter and in spring the hairs will fall for a shorter and lighter coat.
The hare has 28 teeth so 16 on the upper part of the jaw and 12 on the lower part.
A beautiful barbet endemic to the Malabar region of India. This is a vast global biodiversity hotspot from the tip of South India and spans most of the western coast.
The barbet is spectacularly rich in colors and absolutely amazing to look at. These are endemic to the Malabar region. They are small birds, maybe about 11-13 cms and just like Coppersmith Barbets - another common barbet found much of India.
Shot this picture in a forest camp situated right in the middle of a very active area. This tree was right above our room and the nest is exactly on the underside of the branch below the birds tail (a small inverted hollow). The birds have nested almost a month in advance as per the highly experienced bird guide in that place. The chicks are out and the bird was actively getting food every 30 mins. Just like other birds, it would check the surroundings for prey before it gets into the nest.
This was shot around noon when the bird was most active, so the light was a bit harsh.
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You can just see the orange edge of this male Orange Tip wing, the first one of the year for me. This was taken late yesterday afternoon, it was to cold for it to fly, and as the temperatures went down to -4 here last night it was still there this morning. It hasn't got much better through the day, and it is still there now on the end of this white lilac bud,
This Spitfire has had its elliptical wing tips removed to improve roll rate at low level. It is not an LF model which had a modified supercharger to improve engine performance at low level. LFs often had their wing tips removed too, for the same reason, but absence of wing tips is not definitive of LF models. From 1942, this Spitfire served with RAF No 310 (Czech) squadron, hence the additional Czech roundel. This weekend was to be the Shuttleworth air show, now cancelled, so this picture is from last year's show.
The Misadventures of Pippa & Debbie ♥
🎵 Music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSA-yHzkvP8&list=RDQSA-yHzkvP...
The Palm View Motel pool looked wonderfully peaceful.
Guests were quietly sunbathing, someone was reading a newspaper, and an inflatable pink flamingo drifted lazily across the sparkling blue water.
Everything was perfectly calm...
...until Pippa arrived.
She had been at the motel pool for exactly eleven minutes.
The manager already knew her name.
"PIPPA!"
Pippa stood on the diving board staring across the pool.
"My handbag!"
Debbie was laughing so hard she could barely hold onto the edge.
"I told you not to put everything on the flamingo!"
"It looked stable."
"It's inflatable."
"So are tyres."
"Cars manage perfectly well."
Debbie stopped laughing for a moment.
"I don't even know how to answer that."
Pippa pointed dramatically towards the flamingo.
"My shoes are on there!"
"And your handbag."
"And my towel."
"And your sunglasses."
Pippa looked at Debbie.
"How do you know everything that's on there?"
"I watched you load it."
"You could have stopped me."
"I tried."
"No..."
"You said..."
"This should be interesting."
Debbie started laughing again.
A little boy appeared carrying a pool net.
"I'll get it!"
Pippa pointed at him.
"Thank you!"
"Finally, someone responsible."
The motel manager folded his arms.
"Lady..."
"That boy is eight."
"He has a net."
The boy reached towards the flamingo.
The flamingo drifted farther away.
"Other side!" shouted Pippa.
The boy ran around the pool.
"Left!"
He changed direction.
"No..."
"My left!"
Debbie covered her face.
"Pippa..."
"Stop directing him like an airport."
The elderly man lowered his newspaper.
"Twenty cents says the handbag goes in."
The motel manager looked at him.
"Thirty says she does."
Pippa turned around.
"I can hear you!"
Suddenly the boy caught the flamingo with the net.
"I GOT IT!"
Pippa clapped her hands.
"YES!"
The flamingo tipped sideways.
Her handbag slowly slid towards the water.
Pippa gasped.
Debbie stopped laughing.
Everyone watched.
The handbag reached the edge...
...and stopped.
There was complete silence.
Pippa smiled triumphantly.
"See?"
"Everything is under control."
A shoe quietly slipped off the flamingo and splashed into the pool.
Debbie exploded with laughter.
"MY SHOE!"
Pippa launched herself from the diving board.
The motel manager threw his arms into the air.
"NO HORSEPLAY!"
"I WAS RESCUING PROPERTY!"
The manager pointed furiously at the sign.
"You've broken three pool rules!"
"I've only been here eleven minutes!"
"Exactly!"
Debbie swam over, still smiling.
"Pippa."
"What?"
"You know you're already wearing sunglasses?"
Pippa touched her face.
She was.
She slowly looked back towards the flamingo.
"Then..."
"...whose sunglasses are those?"
Debbie looked towards the elderly man.
The elderly man looked towards the flamingo.
"My wife's."
There was a long silence.
Pippa quietly handed him the wet shoe.
"Would she like this instead?"
And that was how Pippa and Debbie were politely asked to leave the Palm View Motel pool...
Pippa carrying one wet shoe.
Debbie still laughing.
And the inflatable flamingo...
...receiving the only invitation to return.
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This male Orange Tip was taking a few minutes rest on his favourite sprig of Hawthorn, from defending his patch. Orange Tip season seems to be almost over. A shame as I love to see them in spring, and this was a bumper year for them.
The Orange Tips have been around in my garden for a while now but this is the only one I've seen land, fortunately I had the camera at the ready, extender and all!!
Anthocharis cardamines (OrangeTip) is a small butterfly belonging to the Pieridae family. They emerge in early April. The males can be easily recognized by the orange tips of their wings which the females don't possess. They can be found throughout Europe and temperate Asia as far as China.
As I was driving back to Anchroage from Seward I saw this mountain top. What grabbed my attention were the crisp sharp lines and angles of the snow on the mountain top.
bushveld purple tip/colotis ion
Sorry, can't show the purple tip, its on the inside, although with butterflies its called the upper side.
Update: iNaturalist's ID seems to be: diverse white/appias epaphia contracta www.inaturalist.org/observations/10243925