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Birds, Insects & Bats in flight (outdoors) Page 24
Image Taken on 03 Aug 2019
at 09:14 Image of day on 23 Sep 2019
The flowering Mint has run riot this year after the warm spell gave it an early start,
and is attracting masses of insects.
Here a Greenbottle and a Long Hover-fly share adjacent flower spikes.
 + long hover-fly (sphaerophoria scripta) on mint flowers(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20190923_df3_20190803_0914_004 greenbottle (lucilia caesar) + long hover-fly (sphaerophoria scripta) on mint flowers(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 01 Nov 2015
at 12:35 Image of day on 21 Dec 2015
A Greenfinch flying in to the peanut feeder has just spotted a rival
already in 'possession'.
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Ref: 20151221_e60_20151101_1235_086_fb3 greenfinch in flight just spotted challenger below(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 10 Sep 2015
at 13:12 Image of day on 11 Nov 2015
The Greenfinches have suddenly returned after the summer, this
one making a not very accurate landing on the perch (dropping a
bit short)
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Ref: 20151111_e60_20150910_1312_022_fb3 greenfinch landing on perch(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 28 Jan 2020
at 14:15 Image of day on 18 Feb 2020
When we have put out this type of large un-caged Peanut feeder Grey Squirrels
often work their way around the bottom, scraping out fragments of
peanut. This series over a couple of minutes.
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Ref: 20200218_d5c_20200128_1415_068-1416_090 grey squirrel circling peanut feeder 2-4+6 of 6 (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Nov 2021
at 14:05 Image of day on 15 Dec 2021
This abstract pattern is the tail tip of a Grey Squirrel.
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Ref: 20211215_e64_20211107_1405_262_fb2 grey squirrel seen with circles effect on tail (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 09 Oct 2017
at 17:14 Image of day on 16 Nov 2017
A silly montage of most likely the same Squirrel in action (right image came
first) and a quarter of an our later nibbling what is left of the food. We like
the latest 'layering effect' of the fur.
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Ref: 20171116_e64_20171009_1714_039+1657_036_fb2 grey squirrel with ruffled fur & landing after leap (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 21 May 2014
at 19:06 Image of day on 29 Jul 2014
"Look Mum - No Paws. Ouch!"
We don't even know whether this was the same squirrel, but you get the idea.
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Ref: 20140729_e64_20140521_1906_128+1837_124_fb2 grey squirrels leaping and making poor landing 30mins apart (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 21 Jan 2017
at 10:26 Image of day on 01 Mar 2017
It is easy to miss Greylag Geese flying overhead because they are almost silent.
Canada Geese calls can be heard before they come into sight, and swans powerful
wings whistle if they get close. So spotting these before they got to us from
behind allowed this nearly vertical above image. We particularly like the 4
birds at the bottom of the image managing to overlap but not hide any heads.
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Ref: 20170301_df3_20170121_1026_077 7 greylag geese flying overhead 2 of 4 (adjusted crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 25 Nov 2023
at 11:05 Image of day on 04 Jan 2024
We are fairly useless at IDs for Gulls, but the mottled plumage tells
us that this is a juvenile.
Our best guess is a Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull.
 juvenile flyby @7fps (accurate montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg)
Ref: 20240104_df3_20231125_1105_058-061 gull (poss lesser black-backed) juvenile flyby @7fps (accurate montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Jul 2021
at 14:37 Image of day on 06 Sep 2021
A Hawker Dragonfly (we are not confident of the species) flies by us ...
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Ref: 20210906_d73_20210726_1437_011-014 hawker dragonfly catching insect in flight @10fps 1-4 of 8 (accurate montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Jul 2021
at 14:37 Image of day on 06 Sep 2021
... and suddenly swerves upward to catch an insect in the 'net' made with the legs
before flying back the other way.
An unbroken sequence at 10 frames per second - Dragonflies can manoeuvre incredibly
quickly.
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Ref: 20210906_d73_20210726_1437_015-018 hawker dragonfly catching insect in flight @10fps 5-8 of 8 (accurate montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 10 Sep 2023
at 10:05 Image of day on 02 Nov 2023
A Hawker Dragonfly does a hairpin turn in about half a second.
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Ref: 20231102_df3_20230910_1005_066-070 hawker dragonfly looping round in flight @7fps 1-5 of 5 (accurate montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 21 May 2019
at 08:16 Image of day on 25 Jun 2019
Hawthorn Blossom is forming patches of white hedge all over the area.
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Ref: 20190625_df5_20190521_0816_012 hawthorn flowers with hover-fly(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 17 Jul 2016
at 17:46 Image of day on 01 Sep 2016
This Heron circled a couple of times just to our south-east.
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Ref: 20160901_df3_20160717_1746_077-083+093-099 heron circling east of plot 01-14 of 14 (impression montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 19 Mar 2011
at 09:03 Image of day on 17 Apr 2011
This low-flying Heron didn't seem to notice us.
The long neck is often folded back like this in flight and sometimes
for hunting gradually preparing to shoot the head forward.
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Ref: 20110417_df1_20110319_0903_098 heron flying low almost overhead 25 of 27 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 11 Apr 2023
at 12:37 Image of day on 22 May 2023
A closer look at the Heron as it flew almost overhead.
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Ref: 20230522_df3_20230411_1237_028 heron flying overhead(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Mar 2019
at 08:32 Image of day on 23 Apr 2019
Heron flies overhead.
We see far fewer Herons now that the Frogs and Newts have ceased visiting
the ponds to breed. Amphibians are having a terrible time
worldwide.
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Ref: 20190423_df3_20190326_0832_155 heron flying overhead (crop 1)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Mar 2019
at 08:32 Image of day on 23 Apr 2019
Eyes of Herons sometimes appear almost unreal.
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Ref: 20190423_df3_20190326_0832_155 heron flying overhead (crop 2)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 11 Apr 2023
at 12:37 Image of day on 22 May 2023
This Heron flies by at about tree-stop height.
Here 3 moments illustrate the passage.
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Ref: 20230522_df3_20230411_1237_019+033+036 heron flying overhead (montage from exposure bracketing sequence)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 22 Apr 2017
at 16:33 Image of day on 16 Jun 2017
Flying into the wind the Heron makes a flight against a partly blue heavens,
allowing the creation of an accurately positioned montage at about 7fps.
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Ref: 20170616_df3_20170422_1633_047-050 heron flying overhead 1-4 of 4 (accurate montage @ 7fps)(r+mb id@768).jpg
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