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#Fragaria viridis #creamy strawberry #wild strawberry #found a whole field of it #gotta check on it in a couple of month #nature #photography #flowers #spring

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#nature #photography #forest #water #spring #sunny #scenery

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#lily of the valley #flower #nature #photography #spring #original photography

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May starts tomorrow, so here's a maybeetle for the occasion.

they are my favorite beetles

so dumb, so beautiful, so clumsy

#maybug #maybeetle #cockchafer #bug #entomology #nature #photography #spring

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#european pond turtle #turtle #hatchling #nature #photography #fauna #spring #baby turtle

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a big viper, a tiny viper and a lizard

#Viperidae #viper #lizard #snakes #reptile #fauna #nature #photography #original photography

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#european pond turtle #turtle #basking turtle #nature #photography

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#nature #scenery #mobile photography #photography #spring #greenery #water #pond #grass

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#spring #nature #photography #spider #flower #pink flower #original photography

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#spring #flood #nature #insect #photography #original photography #water

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Today's hatchling had one dead eye? It's either dead or doesn't open, I don't know. But the other eye was fine. It probably wondered in search of water for days or weeks, because the weather conditions now are not suitable for hatching process, so it hatched some time ago. I have no idea what this little fella's chances of survival are, but there was nothing I could do other than release him/her into the pond. It was active though, so that's a good start.

#unedited #original photography #nature photography #nature #european pond turtle #sandy the dog #yes sandy is considered to be a part of nature too. she belongs here. #spring

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Lamia textor

#weaver beetle #beetle #entomology #bug #insect #photography #nature

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#yellow flowers #yellow #springcore #spring #nature #photography

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Nicrophorus vespillo

These guys actually take care of their offsprings, which is unusual for beetles. And they looks stunning. Would be cute if it weren't for the fact that they live in carrion.

#Nicrophorus vespillo #burying beetle #beetle #insect #nature #photography #entomology

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not a photo but a video this time

Another day, another hatchling hand-delivered to the nearest pond. I wanted to film how it swims away, but it decided to bury itself in the mud instead :)

#i love turtles so much #european pond turtle #turtle #nature #fauna #baby turtle

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I have photos of this lake in every season. It's my favorite place.

#lake #landscape #photography #nature #spring #water #cozy

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helping little turtle hatchlings to get to the nearest pond (and away from the road)

rambling about turtles under the cut

You can say that maybe we shouldn't help them, and let nature take its course. But the problem is that so many of them just wander right into traffic, I see them flattened so often, it's such a shame. I picked these two up and a minute later a motorcycle passed right where they were sitting. Their population is significantly declining throughout their range due to people and vehicles.

It's amazing how many of them we have here though. Last fall we were hiking in this area and there were dug up and ravaged turtle nests all over the place, eggs eaten. Nice to see that some survived and succesfully hatched after all.

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