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March and April 2024

Flight Path

Planes overhead here are usually really high, so we might see a trail, but not hear them. Last week I got the shot of the old farmhouse and then this close one of an Emirates plane, which surprised me with another plane going the opposite way in the background.

#airplanes

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Flame out to sea | benmuldersunsets

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September 2023

Birds from the Garden

Blue tit sharing the feeder with long tailed tit, followed by juvenile green woodpecker and a lovely robin

A new visitor to the garden, a chiffchaff which chases off all the small tits from the feeder - even though it doesn't take anything for itself and then from the skies over head, a buzzard and one of a crowd of 14 white storks

#birdwatching garden birds bird photography nature wildlife

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August 2023

Helper on mowing day

#peacock

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Tried out Roll A Miró on my iPad. Great fun.

#Miró art iPad artwork

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Wasp found in our kitchen

July 2023

I asked for an ID via social media and was told this is a Braconid Wasp. Something I’ve never encountered before. Apparently they hunt for spiders, so this one will have had its fill in our house!

If it’s not a Braconid wasp then it’s a member of the Ichneumonoid family.

Although they have wasp in their name, neither possess a sting.

#nature wasps wildlife insects

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Young Foxes in the Garden

July 2023

#foxes garden nature naturephotography

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Garden Roses

June 2023

#roses garden

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Ringed Pigeon in the Farmyard

May 2023

#birds #pigeon #nature

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Yellow Flag Iris at the Pond

Mid May 2023

#flowers nature ponds yellow

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On the Woodland Floor

Late April 2023

This is my favourite of all the local woods, it’s the one where we gather wild garlic. See my other page link

As much as there’s deterioration, death and decay after a harsh winter, the woods are springing back to life

So many trees have fallen this year, but they still host new developments and their weight doesn’t supress the beauty and bounty of another season

Take a look at my finds

Dog’s Mercury (Euphorbia family/poisonous) another sign of ancient woodlands

One of my all time favourites, the natural primrose. I absolutely love them

Early purple orchid

lesser celandine and a couple of single bluebells spreading

a little hard to photograph the beauty of the delicate dog violets

There’s a carpet of wood anemones, with their pretty flower and interesting leaves

Ferns are starting to grow again

Cuckoo flower - so called as it appears around the same time as Cuckoos begin to call

Another cuckoo name, Cuckoo Pint aka Lords and Ladies - the stem has the bright orange berries later in the year. Also a toxic plant

And of course, the glorious English Bluebells. En masse they are beyond compare

#English woodlands wildflowers nature woods bluebells

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March 2023

Squirrel in the Garden

on guard amongst the rose thorns

more nature photos on these two links below

bird photos

3 years+ worth of nature photo blogs

#squirrel nature wildlife

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Peacock in the Garden

February 2023

#peacock birds birdphotography nature

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Robin

February 2023

#nature birds robin

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More snowdrops and hazel catkins

February 2023

you can just about make out the female flower buds on the catkins, they’re the pinkish red filaments on the branches

#catkins snowdrops nature

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Bring on Spring

February flowers

Picked snowdrops, ivy and a few catkins off a hazel tree.

#snowdrops first flowers nature

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From January 2023

Robin

Common Pheasant (M)

Great Spotted Woodpecker (F)

#nature birds birdphotography