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In the afternoon I visited a small local reserve but sadly by then there was little sunshine. I saw a few butterflies, gatekeepers being the most common. This was the only common blue I saw and due to the conditions it was very settled.
Early June and a 2nd Week long trip to RSPB Bempton in East Yorkshire.
Day 7. Thursday, The Last Day.
Atlantic Puffins high on the cliffs at RSPB Bempton.
The Atlantic Puffin is the most instantly recognisable and popular of all North Atlantic seabirds.
The Puffin is also known as the Sea Parrot.
Common Kingfisher / alcedo atthis. Suffolk. 14/02/23.
'HOLDING THE PRIZE.'
A successful dive for this female Kingfisher as she held a stickleback catch in her beak. It was quickly bashed senseless against the branch, then swallowed!
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
While out paddling today, I came across this beautiful male, Common Merganser. It was a wonderful surprise! He must be a little confused about his migration..usually we don't have these ducks here in the summer.
Long Lake, Dundee, Wisconsin
All the other common tansey along the dike are dormant. This one failed to get the message, I guess. There is even a springtail for Marie.
Common Gull / larus canus. Straws Bridge, Derbyshire. 07/01/21.
*1st winter/2nd calendar year
This Common Gull is only seven days into it's 2nd calendar year. Already most of the scapular feathers have been replaced by grey ones but a few bleached, 1st generation scaps remain and can be seen if viewed large.
All it's brown wing coverts, tertial, secondary and primary feathers remain intact. A closer look shows how well worn and bleached they have become.
Legs and feet are an obvious bright, flesh-pink tone. There is a suggestion of colour change however, where the very top of each leg looks grey.
The black beak tip contrasts strongly with the pink basal section, which will soon start to turn blue-grey.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Gavia immer
The state bird of my home state of Minnesota, the Loon has always been at the heart of any north woods wilderness experience for me. They are called "common" loons, but in the United States, are only common in Minnesota, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Alaska, with scattered populations in other northern states. In Canada, however, they are common enough that they appear on the Canadian dollar coin (the looney).
We were watching a pair from the canoe on Rock Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park when this one suddenly surfaced near the canoe.
Those who know loons will recognize that this was taken on an overcast day; in the sun, the head is an iridescent greenish-black. The red eyes are supposedly good for seeing underwater, where these birds spend a good deal of their time catching fish.
Common rosefinches (also known as the scarlet rosefinch) are sparrow-sized birds, mottled brown above with a streaked breast, pale belly and forked tail. Males, older than one year, have scarlet head, breast and rump. Females, juveniles and first year males have streaked brown heads and somewhat resemble small corn buntings. The species breeds across much of northern Asia and parts of eastern and central Europe and migrate south-east in winter
Common Ringed Plover, Charadrius hiaticula
Bontbekplevier
Nieuwe Driemanspolder, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
Nikon Z50II
Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3
A trip to WWT Slimbridge on a VERY windy day with light levels changing very fast making photography quite tricky.
A Common Pochard flying low over the lagoon.
Images best viewed in "lights out" L key
Buteo buteo Ruse Bulgaria
One of the most common birds of prey in Europe.
The buzzard can often be seen perched on a roadside tree, waiting for drivers to run over its food.
A couple of male Common Goldeneye on Mill lake, no sign of females. In spite of their name, they are not that common locally
A Common darter ( Sympetrum striolatum) sitting on an old inhaler shell. As a safety feature we always put a "cap" over the end of bamboos to prevent accidental eye damage and old inhaler shells do the trick.
A return trip to WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire in mid November 2024.
Another view of a Common Curlew on the far side of the Tack Piece Lagoon.
The Curlew is the largest European wading bird, found on estuaries in winter and moors in summer.
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
15 August 2018, Cuttle Pool Nature Reserve, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Temple Balsall
Of course, I didn't want to miss this opportunity, when a dragonfly like this one on the serving plate is just waiting for you.
With the collected pictures of the dragonflies and damselflies alone, you could create your own folder and show just a small part of the flyers from southern Africa.
The Common Spotted Flat is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is a common butterfly generally found in the wet forested hills of southern Asia, from India and the Himalayas east through Indo-China.