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A lovely weevil crawling across a wall at Magor Marsh.
Right, I really am going away for a few days this time, so I will be unable to comment on pictures. My thanks to everyone who has supported and helped me on Flickr to date.
Rather surprised that this made it into Explore, even if only briefly, but there you go.
A Mallard (left) and a Green-winged Teal female (right) both trying to catch some shut-eyel. The GWT is the smallest dabbling duck in North America, and this image clearly shows the size difference…
At the Pool, Central Park, New York
Great western Trains' 43179 'Pride of Laira' leads a diverted 12:15 Paddington-Bristol Temple Meads HST near Bathampton on 14 February, 1998. While the power car is wearing GWT's 'Merlin' scheme, the Mk 3 coaches are still in BR InterCity livery. By the end of the year, GWT would become First Great Western, and HST liveries would change again, and not for the last time!
This location has since been lost to lineside tree growth.
47813 'SS Great Britain', with the Great Western Trains ‘Merlin’ logo, passes Bedwyn Lock with the 1235 Paddington-Penzance service on 10 July, 1999.
Furrow orb weaver, though I genuinely don't know why it has that name. This is the nicest looking one I have seen for a while. Magor Marsh SSSI
810 543-9 (ex ŽSR) nun im Auftrag von Koleje Dolnośląskie (KD) und GW Train Regio (GWT) im Grenzverkehr zwischen Polen und Tschechien als 25417. Am 09. April 2019 von Sędzisław (Pl) nach Královec (Cz) bei der Einfahrt in den Bahnhof Kamienna Góra.
Close up of a damselfly wing, taken handheld with my macro attachment.
I don't know if it is possible to identify the species from the wing venation. I doubt it.
GWT Coombe Hill.
The pied wagtail is a familiar black-and-white bird, with a white face, white belly and white bars on the wings. The other two breeding species of wagtail in the UK both have yellow underparts. (The Wildlife Trusts).
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I'm sure one of my local contacts (Steven?) beat me to this one, but it was great to see it for myself recently.
GWT Coombe Hill.
Known as kids or fawns, the young are born with a spotted coat to provide camouflage from predators. For the first few months of their lives, the kids are left hidden in long grass and only visited by their mother for short periods to suckle. They then begin to accompany their mother before eventually setting out to find a territory of their own. (Woodland Trust).
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I went to New Grove Meadows GWT reserve in search of the rare pink waxcap. I have seen it there before. I didn't find it this year, but I did find a whole range of other fungi. These are just the waxcaps that I found.
This one is a crimson Waxcap.
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GWT Coombe Hill.
A small, brown, and streaky bird, the Meadow Pipit is the most common songbird in upland areas. Its high, piping call is a familiar sound. In flight, it shows white outer tail feathers and, in the breeding season, it has a fluttering display flight. In winter, they are quite sociable and gather in small flocks, often hidden among plants, suddenly flying up with their typical jerky flight. (RSPB).
I found this one a bit of challenge...
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Exactly as I found it, lying on a beech branch in the beech woodland area at the back of Henllys bog reserve.
I was just doing some reading in my Sibley Field Guide to compare size difference between Green Winged Teal and Mallard and the GWT only weighs 12oz. versus a whopping 2.4Lb Mallard.
I took a short trip to Kitty's Orchard GWT reserve, and managed to forage up this little lot. All very nice too.
An instantly recognisable location - Great Western HST with 43140 leading 43168 rumbles over the Tamar Bridge crossing from Cornwall into Devon with a London Paddington bound service. The walkway on the Devon side of the bridge was later removed to reveal the inscription "I.K. Brunel Engineer 1859". The Union Inn can clearly be seen across The Tamar bedecked in the union flag colours.