COMMON TERN - Donmouth Local Nature Reserve, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, Scotland.

A male Common Blue - Pinewoods Fields, Bartley Green Birmingham UK - 02-08-23

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Common Grey Herron flying over the reeds at the RSPB nature reserve at Brading Marsh on the Isle of Wight.

Common Frog / rama temporaria. Garden, Derbyshire. 12/03/21.

'WORLD FROG DAY, 20TH MARCH, 2021.'

An individual Common Frog, found in a log pile in the back garden last week. All on its own, I don't know whether it had already visited a spawning site or would be doing soon. Sadly, we don't have a garden pond, but there are houses nearby that do. Exactly what it was doing there that day must remain a mystery1

Frogs are regarded as keystone species, playing important roles in food chains by eating tiny invertebrates and small creatures. They maintain the balance and ensure the health of their chosen environments.

World Frog Day is the largest global platform for educating people and raising an awareness of frogs and other amphibians. It's also a day for reflecting on the extinction of many frog species around the world and for considering our own dwindling UK populations.

World Frog Day sets a date on the calendar, a catalyst for making positive action plans globally, in order to conserve these important and fascinating creatures.

This is the first female common winter damselfly (Sympecma fusca, Winterlibelle) that I've spotted and even though this species isn't that rare, it is special because it is one of the two species of European dragonflies that overwinter as adult insects. This photo was taken at the Fischteiche in Boek.

Common Eider / somateria mollissima. Seahouses, Northumberland. 23/05/25.

'CONFIDENT.'

It was a treat to encounter and photograph this sleeping drake Eider late one afternoon at Seahouses. Belly full after prolonged feeding, he'd had the confidence to haul out onto the concrete landing jetty, tuck his beak into his back feathers and sleep. There were others around him, preening and loafing in a similarly relaxed manner.

Eiders are regular visitors there, due to a freshwater overflow pipe from the fish shed at the top of the beach. It supplies them with a handy source of drinking water. Even if there are no birds in sight on your arrival, it's never long before some swim into the bay and make their way up the beach. They have become familiar with people which makes them very confiding.

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Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | Nilgiris, India | Sony α7R IV | Sony FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS | f 9.0 @ 1/640 | ISO 500

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Hesperia comma

Common Darter - Cleethorpes.

I came across a couple flocks of Common Mergansers on the Sumas River. Maybe it was one big flock spread across a couple kilometers of river.

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Like most insect populations around our way, number of odonata are down this year. On our pond which by now should have tens of darters, I found just 5. This male was jealously guarding its patch.

Pulling some g's making a U turn. Common Green Darner shows hie topside.

A roosting female Common Blue photographed early morning at Yoesden Bank in Buckinghamshire.

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After a successful catch the kingfisher emerges beak first and flies back to its perch. It will then wriggle the fish about until it is held by its tail, before bashing it against the perch several times to kill it. This makes the fish easier to swallow and in the case of sticklebacks relaxes the spines to stop it become trapped in the kingfisher’s throat

The kingfisher then turns the fish around to position it lengthways and swallows it headfirst.

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Pennington Flash

J. Percy Priest Lake at the Anderson Road Fitness Trail, Nashville, TN - 7/14/22

Common kestrel

Common Blue - male

Some more common blue photos from earlier in the summer

Common yellowthroat looking for the food on a hot summer morning

Morfars hamn

Common orange lichen (Xanthoria parietina) growing on a poplar tree bark.

Złotorost ścienny (Xanthoria parietina) roznący na korze topoli.

I ended up in the original part of the reserve which I do not visit so often these days. There were a few common blues around and they were settling a bit.

I am very pleased with this photo.

common snipe

One of two birds on the scrape.

Length: 19-21cm

Wingspan: 40cm

Weight: 50g

Average lifespan: 8 years

Wildlife Trusts.

Common Merganser (female) on the Casselman River

On April 17th I walked to Bridlewood.

The south pond was still frozen on that day and there weren't many species to be seen.

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Common Cuckoo / cuculus canorus. Yorkshire. 11/06/25.

The male Cuckoo's eyes didn't miss a thing.

He was a stunning bird ...

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Taken at Christian Fields, Lichfield.

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Common Dog Violet / viola riviniana. Stanton Canal, Derbyshire. 15/04/20.

'A NEW BEGINNING.'

One of the many Common Dog Violets just beginning to open locally.

I'm pleased with the sepal details I've managed to capture - you can see the rounded appendages protruding upwards very clearly.

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