Female, Thursley Common, Surrey

From Linlithgow Loch Yesterday

Though 'Common' is part of its name, that doesn't mean that this dragonfly isn't beautiful and full of amazing details and color.

This one is clinging to the seeds of our Yellow Loosestrife plant and is posing perfectly for me :)

Best seen when enlarged...

Scientific name: Buteo buteo.

Feeding: Buzzards are big birds, more than capable of taking sizeable birds and animals but, more often than not, they will target smaller prey. Rabbits are an important food source, and the birds suffered during the height of myxomatosis, but they will also take smaller mammals. Compared to all other raptors, Buzzard’s digestive systems are able to deal with a poor-quality diet and, in winter when other prey is hard to find, they are able to feed mostly on earthworms, beetles and other small invertebrates. These will be hunted on foot, and you can find Buzzards regularly sitting on the ground. In favoured fields, large numbers can gather and, although somewhat tolerant of each other, disagreements will break out if individuals get too close to others. In certain areas, usually in the uplands, Buzzards may hover when searching for food. Info: Hawk and Owl Trust.

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Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male perched on a branch stub.

Samiec pleszki (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) siedzący na kilkucie gałęzi.

Wikipedia: The common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) is a songbird found across tropical Asia. Popular for its nest made of leaves "sewn" together and immortalized by Rudyard Kipling as Darzee in his Jungle Book, it is a common resident in urban gardens. Although shy birds that are usually hidden within vegetation, their loud calls are familiar and give away their presence. They are distinctive in having a long upright tail, greenish upper body plumage and rust coloured forehead and crown. This passerine bird is typically found in open farmland, scrub, forest edges and gardens. Tailorbirds get their name from the way their nest is constructed. The edges of a large leaf are pierced and sewn together with plant fibre or spider silk to make a cradle in which the actual nest is built.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tailorbird

Conservation status: Least Concern

Common Kingfisher taken in Kanha NP India.

In Rathdrum 24 May 2023

Severn Valley Country Park Shropshire

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Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)

9 August 2018, Cuttle Pool Nature Reserve, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Temple Balsall

www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/cuttle-pool

Helsingborg Sweden.

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Common Kingfisher River Chess Sarratt Hertfordshire UK

Esta deliciosa mariposilla verde jade es una Hemithea aestivaria, en inglés Common Emerald de la familia de las Geometridae ......es una polilla, pequeña de 3 cms. escasos, que vuela los meses de Junio y Julio.

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Common paper wasps, Polistes humilis, manipulating the "paper" that they make their nests from. For more information see:

www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/10/04/3327168.htm

Bombus pascuorum collection nectar and pollen from a field scabious

Pachliopta aristolochiae, the common rose, is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta, the roses, or red-bodied swallowtails. It is a common butterfly which is extensively distributed across south and southeast Asia.

Huntingdon Beach State Park, SC

North Norfolk

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Mara North Conservancy, Kenya

The Common Eland together with its very close relative the Giant Eland are the largest antelopes in the world. Males can weigh almost 1000kg ( 2200 lb ).

Taurotragus oryx

Elandantilope

éland ( du Cap )

Elenantilope oder Eland

antílope eland común o eland común

antilope alcina

elande

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A male Common Blue from the same location as my previous female. A small colony but close to home.

Image taken at Barton Lane which leads to the Attenborough Nature Reserve back in September 2021.

A Common Grackle with spring flowers blossoming in the background. Photographed in Maryland (4/13/21).

Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly male sipping nectar from tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) flowers.

Samiec modraszka ikara (Polyommatus icarus) spijający nektar z kwiatów wrotycza (Tanacetum vulgare).

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Star / Common Starling / Estornino Pinto / Étourneau sansonnet /

Sturnus vulgaris

Hermiatage Park. Edmonton, Alberta.

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Bufo bufo Common toad

Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) male singing while perched ona branch.

Samiec szpaka (Sturnus vulgaris) śpiewający na gałązce.

Common Kestrel male Somerset UK

Common Blue - Inch Beach, Ireland.

Lake Ontario loons in the early morning sunshine.

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Common Darter. (1954)

Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male perched on a branch.

Samiec pleszki (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) siedzący na gałęzi.

common comfrey, quaker comfrey, boneset or knitbone

Echter Beinwell

[Symphytum officinale]

Common Kingfisher male Wiltshire UK

North Norfolk.

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Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male singing while perched on a branch.

Samiec pleszki (Phoenicurus phoeniurus) śpiewający na gałęzi.

Taken Keyhaven & Pennington Marshes Nature Reserve, Hampshire

Common Waxbill, Spain

Common Buckeye butterfly on Butterfly Bush. June 23, 2022. Hopefully, this will be one of a few Buckeye photos this year. Their colors tend to be different in the fall. Nature's camouflage at work as they adapt to their surroundings.