I've been exploring of the natural world from boyhood, and photographing #nature and #wildlife for over 40 years. Here to share images, info and insights, along with conservation messages and a sense of humour.
Header image: Five European House Martins flying low above a grassy field, from right to left.
Avatar: Close-up of the head of a North Atlantic Puffin, which has a very colourful beak.
Small but perfectly formed. Male (pic 1) and female (pic 2) Small Skipper Butterflies (Thymelicus sylvestris) photographed in the meadows at Brandon Marsh on Friday. Tiny (and tawny) jewels of the grasslands.
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A juvenile Long-tailed Tit, at Upton Warren last month. The youngster already has the trademark long tail; in time the broad band of brown plumage on each side of the face will become a narrower, black stripe running above the eye, and the pink rim around the eye will become less noticeable. In addition, pinkish hues will develop on the parts of the back and belly.
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A male Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopterix virgo). At 45mm long, this is (along with the Banded Demoiselle) one of the UK’s two largest Damselfly species, and with its metallic body colour it is also a striking one that lives up to its name. Photographed at Upton Warren in Worcestershire in May.
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Here’s another Puffin from last Sunday’s Skomer trip. This one is demonstrating how these birds can fly despite having wings that don’t look big enough: jetpacks. Puffin-sized, invisible jetpacks. The secret is out. 😉
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Another Butterfly from Friday’s visit to the meadows at Brandon Marsh: a Comma, who was active along the border between the meadow and adjacent woodland.
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A grounded Manx Shearwater who either misjudged their landing, or tried returning to their burrow on Skomer Island (to feed their young) during daylight hours and was attacked by Gulls. My brother Rob and I took photos, marked the spot, and reported the bird to the island’s volunteer staff.
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The Marbled White #Butterfly (which, despite the species' name and appearance, is one of the ‘Browns’ – a member of the subfamily Satyrinae) is a species I look forward to seeing each Summer. Today I went to Brandon Marsh near Coventry to find out if ‘Marbled White season’ had started there, and was very pleased to find that it has!
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A windswept #Wren having a bad hair—oops, I mean feather—day at Martin’s Haven in #Pembrokeshire on Sunday.
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Wir kannten schon den Chanonry Point, eine kleine Landspitze nahe Inverness, von der aus man bei Flut regelmäßig Delfine sehen kann. Aber noch besser war es gestern Abend an der Hafeneinfahrt von Aberdeen. So viele Individuen – Große Tümmler vor allem, aber auch Schweinswale – die dort über mehrere Stunden schwammen, tollten und sprangen. Man sitzt einfach etwas erhöht im Gras und genießt die Show. Wundervoll.
The look of love. 🥰 A pair of Puffins on Skomer Island gazing into each other's eyes.*
* Or engaged in a staring contest and waiting to see who will blink first. 😉
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