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| Blue-tailed Damselflies |
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| Blue-tailed Damselfly |
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| Four-spotted Chaser |
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| Emperor egglaying |
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| Waterlily |
photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Pondlife
photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM
Saturday, June 11, 2011
6.47am
Dragged myself out of bed to get to Paxton for ringing at 4.50am... It was a lovely morning with a few nice things, including the first Nightingale I've ringed, juvenile Marsh Tit, Treecreeper, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler and Garden Warbler, loads of Robins, a couple of Reed Warblers and a Blackcap control (a bird ringed somewhere else).
I had to go to bed when I got home though.
photo taken with Canon Powershot A640
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Feathery things
I've been doing a bit of ringing lately...
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| Female Swallow we caught in a mist-net at Beeston, right next to the bird feeders! Don't think she was after sunflower hearts, somehow... |
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| Juvenile Long-tailed Tit |
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| and juvenile Chaffinch, both from Beeston. You can see the primaries are still growing out of their 'pins' (sheaths) |
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| Adult female Starling, whoosh-netted in a Biggleswade garden |
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| She was growing new tail feathers. For Starlings, it's autumn already |
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| Cetti's Warbler at Paxton Pits - the first-ever to be trapped and ringed there |
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| A male Nightingale originally caught at Paxton a couple of years ago |
Friday, May 27, 2011
Damsels
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| Azure Damselflies |
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| Blue-tailed Damselfly |
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| Large Red Damselfly |
photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM
Friday, May 13, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Insects are out and about!
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| Small Copper |
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| Brown Argus |
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| Brown Argus |
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| Common Blue |
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| Orange-tip |
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| Green-veined White |
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| Four-spotted Chaser |
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| Azure Damselfly |
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| Large Red Damselfly |
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| Large Red Damselfly |
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| not sure about this one... |
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Look me in the eye
As Imperfect and Tense said, the last thing many a juicy worm sees.
Went ringing this morning. Only caught four birds (enough to go round the three ringers, with one spare), but even a humble Blackbird's pretty good really, isn't it...?
photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Where've you been?
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| This Blackcap already had a ring put on by somebody, somewhere else. But where and when? |
Friday, April 08, 2011
Budding, blossoming, bloomin' hot
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| Buds, budding |
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| Dunnock collecting food for its brood |
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| Blossom, blossoming |
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| The Chaffinch that got away |
photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM
Thursday, April 07, 2011
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