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Common meadow-rue is a tall, distinctive, and attractive native perennial reaching a height of 1m or more. It has compound, pinnate leaves with wedge-shaped leaflets. The dense masses of small, pale yellow flower can be seen, on closer inspection, to be made up of tufts of yellow stamens backed two green bracts. Flowering occurs from July through to September.
This one is being visited by a small tortoiseshell butterfly
This Common Opossum, Didelphis marsupialis, was photographed in Panama, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
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Common name: Fuschia-Flower Gooseberry,
Family: Grossulariaceae
Species: Ribes speciosum
Where: Marion Bear Park/ San Clemente Canyon
Another dull murky morning, just a few record shots
record shot sitting @ roadside waiting for roadkill to appear.
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Common Tern - Blue House Farm EWT reserve, North Fambridge, Essex. Light wasn't quite so good at this point!
Can be seen throughout the summer in the UK - they arrive in April and leave in August and September. Common Terns breed along coasts with shingle beaches and rocky islands, on rivers with shingle bars, and at inland gravel pits and reservoirs, feeding along rivers and over freshwater.
Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum). Photographed in Bedfords Park, Romford, London Borough of Havering.
This Common Wart-hog, Phacochoerus africanus, was photographed in Kenya, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
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One of many common spotted orchids flowering along the woodland rides, in Glapthorn Cow Pastures on day 24 of 30 Days Wild.
Scientific name: Tringa totanus
Bird family: Sandpipers, snipes and phalaropes
UK conservation status: Amber
Key information
As its name suggests, redshanks' most distinctive features are their bright orange-red legs. They have a medium-length bill with an orange base to match, brown speckled back and wings and paler belly.
What they eat:
Redshanks hunt for insects, earthworms, molluscs and crustaceans by probing their bills into soil and mud.
Measurements:
Length:28 cm
Wingspan:62 cm
Weight:110g (male), 130g (female)
Population:
UK breeding:25,000 pairs
UK wintering:130,000 birds
Read more at www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a...