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    Comma Butterflie Polygonia c- album

    This Attractive Butterflie was nice to see in the garden today on this breezy day I was able to get one photo of this Butterflie has it fed on the nectar of forget me not flowers, on Saturday 6th of April 2024.
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    Brimstone Butterflie

    First Brimstone Butterflie and Butterflie of the year seen about 11:45 am in back garden briefly slightly later than normal, this one a female.
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    Common Buzzard and Two Lesser Black Backed Gulls.

    At approximately 3:00 pm this afternoon Saturday 09/03/2024 seen up above in the sky from my back garden I had momentarily just before been listening to a Lesser Black Backed gull calling the kind of call you would hear on the coastline when suddenly these birds drifted over head and came into...
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    Seven Spot Ladybird

    One of those early sunny march days which was actually warm for a while ( First time this year here ) probably brought this Seven Spotted Ladybird out (thou only four spots were showing in this picture) which was happy to be in the top most new growth of a buddleia in my back garden on Wednesday...
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    Speckled Wood

    Most likely the same Butterflie I photographed previously in my back garden was enjoying along with wasps this over ripe Fig on my Fig tree.
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    Speckled Wood

    This Speckled Wood Butterflie made a brief visit into the back garden today Monday 21st August 2023, it was more photogenic than other Butterflies today.
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    Brown Argus or Common Blue.

    I photographed this Butterflie about mid day on thursday August 11th on my front lawn I was cutting it at the time and it settled a number of times on the grass and I was able to see the wings of this butterflie wide open at times and from this I was sure in my mind it was a male Brown Argus and...
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    Ringlet

    Just over nine years ago now when I photographed This Ringlet Butterflie Taken on Saturday 25th of July 2014 near Brailsford church in derbyshire, I always find it rewarding to capture alongside the Butterflie as much surrounding habitat as possible as in this photo.
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    Red Admiral

    I photographed this Red Admiral this afternoon in my back garden in Derbyshire, uk, The Red Admiral and the Comma especially like to bask in the sun later in the day on the leaves of this fig tree.
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    Unidentified Mushrooms.

    These Mushrooms were growing on ground that In recent times had been disturbed to put different species of young trees In to the ground nearby there were patches of other mushrooms further along the same ground no doubt the spores for these fungi were transported here when new top soil was put...
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    What Grasshopper species Is this please.

    I photographed this species of grasshopper at home In Derbyshire UK Is It by any chance a Field Grasshopper.
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    Red Admiral

    Typically shows how beautiful the markings are on a butterflies wings even when closed.
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    Red Admiral

    This Red Admiral had a tendency to not want to open its wings fully for me and did not during its stay but what a beautiful butterfly.
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    Copper Underwing

    I First came across this moth In doors at home at night on Friday the 22nd of July 2022 It was easily removed outdoors with the help of a jam jar the Copper Underwing seems to be a Common moth In this location.
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    Moth Caterpillar

    This Particular Caterpillar I photographed In my front porch this morning from memory I can,t remember the last time I saw a larvae this early In the year surely It's only chance of survival I would have thought would be to turn Into a chrysalis at this point, would anyone know what species of...
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    Comma Butterfly feeding on wild blackberries.

    My friend took this photo today of this butterfly enjoying the fruit of wild blackberries in the hedgerow near to where I live the colour of this butterfly always reminds me of the colours of old wood veneers polished over the years.
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    owthin.com

    Hi there, Can anybody please tell me anything about owthin.com they are based in california, they are or were offering a super telephoto zoom Monocular Telescope which was only released in july 2020 it was Invented by john hopkins university this Telescope is the first attempt to use nano -...
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    Large Rose Sawfly

    I photographed these about nine days ago on one of my rose,s in my garden They had pretty well stripped the leaves from this rose I also get soloman seal saw fly on my soloman seal too thou these hosts don,t harm the plants, my question is do Rose Sawfly harm rose,s.
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    Chris Packham lose,s bid for legal challenge over HS2

    All This money being spent as Chris Packham said to shave a few minutes off journey time, The Government was always going to get the backing of any judge and top barristers to bulldoze any claims of any environmental damage to such a project you`d have more luck winning the lottery than to turn...
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    Unidentified plant

    I have growing wild in my garden a plant which I believe belongs to the Sowthistle family when I first saw it I thought it was a common sowthistle I nearly pulled it up till I noticed It had a distinctive single row of spines running along the main rib of each leaf which are now approximately...
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    Unidentified Moth Caterpillar

    I came across this caterpillar by complete chance I was disposeing of some Recyclable Items into the Recyclable Bin and I Immediately noticed these large Droppings on top of the bin I soon located a light green caterpillar which had been eating leaves of my neighbours privet hedge, this...
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    Unidentified Moth

    This moth was hardy enough to make a appearance outside my front door and came Inside where I photographed it it was about a Inch long with mainly light grey wings and black markings the photo was taken on wednesday 27th march I released the moth outdoors as soon as I could it soon blended into...
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    Unidentified larvae

    There was either a moth larvae or perhaps even saw fly larvae (not seen) but had been present munching away of all plants a zygo cactus or christmas cactus thou I think this one flowers in november, the droppings were scattered around the cactus and was active for a while something I,ve never...
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    Common Blue.

    I,m posting this for the simple fact I know how scarce it is to see a Common Blue in my garden but around 2pm today a pristine male Common Blue arrived abeit briefly in my front garden and landed on my african marigolds not giveing me a chance to video or photograph this butterflie, the Common...
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    Is this Butterflie a large skipper.

    This photograph was taken in early August 2012 in the peak district of derbyshire at coombes dale.
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