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Small but perfectly formed. Male (pic 1) and female (pic 2) Small Skipper Butterflies (Thymelicus sylvestris) photographed in the meadows at Brandon Marsh on Friday. Tiny (and tawny) jewels of the grasslands.

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Photo of a male Small Skipper Butterfly at rest, head uppermost, on the side of a grass seed-head which is leaning slightly to the right of the image, with the Butterfly on the left side of it. The Butterfly is small and hairy and we are looking at him side-on. His wings are open and, as is typical for this and closely related Skipper species, the lower wings are held flat, while the upper wings are held at an angle. The upper sides of the those wings are a bright orange-brown colour, with a fairly short dark streak (the scent scales, borne by the males of the species) near the middle.

Photo of a female Small Skipper Butterfly at rest, head uppermost, on the side of a grass seed-head which is leaning slightly to the left of the image, with the Butterfly on the right side of it. The Butterfly is small and hairy and we are looking at her side-on and a little from above. Her wings are open and, as is typical for this and closely related Skipper species, the lower wings are held flat, while the upper wings are held at an angle. The upper sides of the those wings are a bright orange-brown colour.

A juvenile Long-tailed Tit, at Upton Warren last month. The youngster already has the trademark long tail; in time the broad band of brown plumage on each side of the face will become a narrower, black stripe running above the eye, and the pink rim around the eye will become less noticeable. In addition, pinkish hues will develop on the parts of the back and belly.

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Photo of a juvenile Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus), perched on a leafless twig with their body facing towards the right of the picture but their head turned and facing towards us. Appropriately named, this bird has a tail (with feathers which are mostly black, with some that are white) which is longer than the head and body combined. The top of the bird’s head (from above the small, black beak to the crown and beyond) is white while each aide of the face is brown; the dark eyes each have a pink rim. The throat, chest and belly are white, the one wing that we can see has black and white feathers, the back is not visible. The feet are black. A mixture of twigs and foliage can be seen around and behind the bird.

@_maleficentgirl Thanks so much for including me in that awesome list! 🙏🏻

A male Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopterix virgo). At 45mm long, this is (along with the Banded Demoiselle) one of the UK’s two largest Damselfly species, and with its metallic body colour it is also a striking one that lives up to its name. Photographed at Upton Warren in Worcestershire in May.

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Photo of a male Beautiful Demoiselle perched on a leaf, viewed side on and a little from above. He is facing towards the left of the image, his head near the bottom left corner and the tip of abdomen or tail, which is raised up, near the top right corner. His head, thorax and abdomen are a metallic blue-green colour, as are the veins in his long wings (which are held back, along the length of the body, almost reaching the tip of the abdomen); the cells of his wings, his large compound eyes, his spiny legs and the claspers at the tip of his abdomen are black.

Here’s another Puffin from last Sunday’s Skomer trip. This one is demonstrating how these birds can fly despite having wings that don’t look big enough: jetpacks. Puffin-sized, invisible jetpacks. The secret is out. 😉

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Photo of an Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in mid air as he or she makes a vertical descent before landing. The bird is facing towards the left of the image and slightly away from us, head looking down, body upright, feet lowered, narrow wings held out behind the body caught in mid flap. The bird is short and stocky but looks more elongated here in vertical pose; the top of the head, the neck, the back, the upper sides of the wings and the tail are black, while the sides of the face, the chest, the belly and the undersides of the wings are white. The beak, which is much taller than it is broad and triangular in shape, is blue near the base and red towards the pointed tip, with yellowish lines around the blue part and within the red part. The short legs and the webbed feet are orange. He or she might not actually be wearing an invisible jetpack, but it would explain a lot if they were.

Another Butterfly from Friday’s visit to the meadows at Brandon Marsh: a Comma, who was active along the border between the meadow and adjacent woodland.

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A Comma Butterfly perched on an Oak leaf, with wings fully open. He or she is facing towards the left side of the image; we see him or her from the side and at an angle – if there was a line drawn connecting the bottom left and the top right corners of the picture, the leading edges of the forewings would more or less follow part of that line. The wings, which have rather jagged outer edges, are an orangey-brown colour, with dark blotches and some paler coloured ones too. The body is hairy, and brown in colour, with hints of green on the thorax. The antennae are dark, and the thickened ends have whitish tips.

A grounded Manx Shearwater who either misjudged their landing, or tried returning to their burrow on Skomer Island (to feed their young) during daylight hours and was attacked by Gulls. My brother Rob and I took photos, marked the spot, and reported the bird to the island’s volunteer staff.

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Photo of a Manx Shearwater, a Gull-like seabird, at rest amongst some Bracken. The upper parts of the bird, including most of the head and the back of the neck, are dark grey with hints of brown in the wing feather. The underparts, including the throat, the lower parts of the cheeks, and the front of the neck, are whitish. The bird's body is facing towards the right of the image, and the wings are outstretched (so we can't see their full length); the head is turned to the bird's right and looking slightly towards the left. The bill is of medium length, straight, and with a hooked tip. The legs and feet are hidden in Bracken.

@tpeakphotos Thanks Mike! There were not many of these about (not long emerged I think) and if they landed at all they did so deep in the long grass making photography tricky. This one stayed put while I moved a few stems and blades of grass out of the way and allowed me to take a few shots down at Butterfly level!

The Marbled White #Butterfly (which, despite the species' name and appearance, is one of the ‘Browns’ – a member of the subfamily Satyrinae) is a species I look forward to seeing each Summer. Today I went to Brandon Marsh near Coventry to find out if ‘Marbled White season’ had started there, and was very pleased to find that it has!

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A Marbled White Butterfly (Melanargia galathea) at rest on a grass seed-head. The Butterfly is hanging vertically, head uppermost, wings open and lying flat; we are viewing him from the side and seeing the full extent of the open wings. This is a very distinctive Butterfly, with upper wings that are covered with a mixture of black and white cells of varying sizes – nature’s attempt at a chequerboard. In the background, the leaves and stems of grasses can be seen.

A windswept #Wren having a bad hair—oops, I mean feather—day at Martin’s Haven in #Pembrokeshire on Sunday.

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A Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) sat on the edge of a roof, near the apex, facing towards the right side of the picture with the feathers on his ‘shoulder’ being ruffled by the wind. One of Britain’s smallest birds, the Wren has a pale brown face, throat, chest and belly, the rest of the body being a darker brown, with darker mottling above and below. The tail is very short, and the beak of medium length.

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Wir kannten schon den Chanonry Point, eine kleine Landspitze nahe Inverness, von der aus man bei Flut regelmäßig Delfine sehen kann. Aber noch besser war es gestern Abend an der Hafeneinfahrt von Aberdeen. So viele Individuen – Große Tümmler vor allem, aber auch Schweinswale – die dort über mehrere Stunden schwammen, tollten und sprangen. Man sitzt einfach etwas erhöht im Gras und genießt die Show. Wundervoll.

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vor einer Kaimauer springt ein Delfin übers Wasser

zwei Delfine beim Herumtollen, der eine springt mit dem Bauch nach oben über den anderen Hinweg, der seinen Kopf aus dem Wasser hält

vor einer Kaimauer im Wasser ragt ein Delfin senkrecht halb aus dem Wasser, auch ein Teil seiner Schwanzflosse ist zu sehen

Zwei Delfine, vermutlich Elterntier und Junges, springen im Bogen aus dem Wasser. Der große, dunkle ist schon mit dem Kopf wieder unter Wasser, der kleine, hellgraue direkt davor gerade herausgekommen.

The look of love. 🥰 A pair of Puffins on Skomer Island gazing into each other's eyes.*

* Or engaged in a staring contest and waiting to see who will blink first. 😉

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Photo of two Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) standing on a ledge, looking at each other. The Puffin on the left has their back to us, and their head turned to the right. The Puffin on the right is standing with their right side towards us, and their head turned so that we see their full face. The birds have black backs, wings, tails and necks, with the tops of their heads also black while the sides of their faces are white. Their eyes are black with orange rims, and their legs and webbed feet are orange. Their colourful beaks are narrow when seen from the front, triangular in shape seen from the side. The base of the beak has a large patch of blue-grey enclosed within a pale yellow border, while the rest of the beak is red with a couple of pale yellow stripes.

Look who came to see us off as we descended the steps to the boat leaving #Skomer Island on Sunday! A Common #Seal (Phoca vitulina), who seemed to be fascinated by us landlubbers. We of course were delighted to see and photograph this marvellous marine #Mammal.

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Photo of a Common (or Harbour) Seal in the sea next to Skomer Island. The animal is in a vertical position in the water, with his or her head above the surface. The head is round, with a relatively short muzzle bearing a dozen or so thick, white whiskers on each side. More whiskers (shorter in length and just two or three in number) can be seen above each of the large, black eyes. Below the water the top half of the seal’s body can be seen, with a flipper on each side. The skin is largely grey in colour with hints of pink or brown in places; it is darker on the nose and on the top of the head, and paler on the undersides of the flippers. At the bottom right corner of the image is a dark shape – a rocky projection at the bottom of the cliff.

This was the scene looking over Big Waters at Fawsley in Northamptonshire, at around a quarter to six in the morning on this day two years ago. What an amazing morning it was to be out in nature, taking in the views and enjoying the birdsong!

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Photo of the view across a lake, with the sun rising behind trees on the far side. The sky is various shades of pink and yellow, and along with sun and the silhouetted trees is reflected on the surface of the lake, parts of which are covered with water lily leaves.

Hopping about amongst the Puffins at The Wick on Skomer Island on Sunday was another bird: a female Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe). The name we use for this white-rumped Summer visitor is derived from the Old English words for ‘white’ and ‘arse’!

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Photo of a female Northern Wheatear, a species of songbird, standing in a fairly erect posture in an area of low vegetation (mainly Mayweed which is not yet in flower). The bird is facing towards the right. Her beak and her eye are black, with a thick, blackish stripe running between them and extending, in a thinner line, for a short distance behind the eye. The top of her head, and her back, are a pale brownish-grey, and the wing feathers are a dark brownish-black. Her cheek is brown, her throat whitish, her chest light brown, and her belly white. Her legs are dark grey (as are her feet, but in this image they are hidden in the vegetation).

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Une Fauvette pitchou mâle (Curruca undata) - Dartford Warbler sur un pistachier lentisque.
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After my visit to Skomer Island yesterday with my brother @rob_camera I may have just one or two #Puffin photos to share with you. In the same way that this #Skomer Puffin may have just one or two Sand Eels for the hungry young Puffling waiting in a nearby burrow... 😉 😃

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A Puffin (Fratercula arctica), with around a dozen Sand Eels in his or her beak. The bird is short and stocky; the top of the head, the neck, the back, the wings and the tail are black, while the sides of the face, the chest and the belly are white. The beak, which is much taller than it is broad, is blue near the base and red towards the pointed tip, with yellowish lines around the blue part and within the red part. The short legs and the webbed feet are orange. The bird is walking towards us and slightly to our right, across sandy soil on which there are a few small patches of green leaves, and quite a few small whitish patches – Puffin poop!

Back home after my trip to Skomer Island yesterday. Tired, a little bit sunburnt, but happy. Photos of Puffins (plus other birds, and a Common Seal) to follow!

Face to face with the Marsh #Fritillary. Not the angle at which you usually see this beautiful #Butterfly in photos, but this one presented me with the opportunity for a ‘head-on’ portrait so I went with it (and I rather like the result)! Another shot from my visit to the Butterfly Conservation reserves at Prestbury Hill in #Gloucestershire last month.

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Photo of a Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) perched on a Bramble leaf, with more Bramble leaves below and, out of focus in the background, grasses and plant stems. The butterfly is facing towards us and slightly to our left, with wings fully open; we are looking a little from above and so we see the face, the upper side of the body, and the upper sides of the wings (at an angle). The wings are patterned with a patchwork of orange and tawny yellow blobs enclosed with brown lines and bands of varying thickness. The head and body are hairy and mostly dark brown, but the face and the ‘shoulders’ are more of a reddish-brown. The antennae have thin bands of dark brown and orangey-yellow along their length; the thicker tips are an orangey-yellow colour.

He’s got his (red) eye on me! A male Common Pochard (Aythya ferina), at RSPB Ham Wall last month. Fewer than a thousand pairs of these omnivorous diving ducks breed in the UK, but the wintering population can be as high as 30,000 birds.

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