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Image Taken on 09 May 2020 at 07:00    Image of day on 05 Jun 2020

As the Dandelions wind down for the year, the Buttercups wind up.


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Image Taken on 05 Sep 2021 at 10:49    Image of day on 17 Oct 2021

A wide view of the yellow Buddleia bush shows about 20 Small and Large White butterflies feeding on the flowers and fluttering above the bush.
This pic really doesn't capture the delightful feeling seeing this provides.


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Image Taken on 22 Aug 2006 at 12:16    Image of day on 02 Sep 2006

Have only seen a few Speckled Wood Butterflies over the years, this one allowing this one shot before it flew off into invisibility.


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Image Taken on 20 May 2008 at 15:44    Image of day on 29 May 2008

A buzzard did a few low circles about 20m high over our 'meadow'. All the photos have the green cast in the shadows which we assume is light coming off the grass.


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Image Taken on 01 Aug 2016 at 07:38    Image of day on 18 Sep 2016

This bird landed in a willow tree at the brook.
Image 1 (left): The Talon are extended to grip the branch a few centimetres away.
Image 2 (middle): The landing was accompanied by a call - this is the 'noisy Buzzard'.
Image 3 (right): Is from a changed camera position were we could see the Buzzards eye peering between the leaves.


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Image Taken on 15 Apr 2014 at 17:53    Image of day on 05 Jun 2014

This buzzard was flying low over a pasture to our south, with a Rook harassing the Buzzard enough for it to show beak and claws for a moment.


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Image Taken on 30 Oct 2010 at 10:47    Image of day on 06 Jan 2011

We have a little cluster of 'Large Leaf Lime' and have been photographing the canopy over 2010 every few days. First an image from 30 Oct 2010


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Image Taken on 06 Nov 2010 at 10:08    Image of day on 06 Jan 2011

Same view a week later.


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Image Taken on 09 Nov 2010 at 12:04    Image of day on 06 Jan 2011

Same view 3 days on. Ouch - the autumn colour 'blown away'.


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Image Taken on 07 Oct 2010 at 10:54    Image of day on 02 Dec 2010

A weekly photograph of the canopy of a stand of 19 Large Leaf Lime trees show that Autumn has started with just one tree noticeably 'turning' before the others.


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Image of day on 28 Jul 2005

These orange beetles are common at this time of year and are usually seen in pairs like this.


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Image Taken on 21 Jun 2015 at 17:45    Image of day on 19 Aug 2015

Look over a hedge we saw this little domestic scene of a young Carrion Crow begging for supper, and getting a delivery of what looks like something we had just left for the wildlife at one of the camera sites.


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Image Taken on 28 Jul 2018 at 11:07    Image of day on 17 Sep 2018

This plant is 'Cat's-ear' flowering in the crop margin. Only when we looked at the pic on the screen did we spot the 7-spot Ladybird left and down from the centre. The bright yellow splashes of colour against the dark is how it really looks.


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Image Taken on 26 Mar 2018 at 12:08    Image of day on 03 May 2018

In odd corners of the paths Celandines smile up at us.


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Image Taken on 08 Apr 2017 at 15:51    Image of day on 25 May 2017

A Patch of Celandine flowers in the dappled sunlight casting their shadows on their own leaves.


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Image Taken on 17 Jul 2009 at 20:19    Image of day on 28 Aug 2009

While many other species in moult look a bit like feather dusters, the chaffinches for some reason continue to look immaculate.


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Image Taken on 16 Jul 2017 at 07:18    Image of day on 01 Sep 2017

A male Chaffinch looking for seeds down on the ground.


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Image Taken on 15 Jun 2012 at 19:34    Image of day on 28 Jul 2012

Possibly the same male landing in a flurry of wings on the top of a fir cone.


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Image Taken on 03 Dec 2012 at 15:39    Image of day on 13 Jan 2013

An elegant male chaffinch touching down on a fir cone. An unexpectedly large proportion of landings are on these rather than the ground.


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Image Taken on 05 Jan 2018 at 13:39    Image of day on 10 Feb 2018

Not yet quite settled on the ground, this male Chaffinch is looking over today's offering.


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