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Emerging club tailed dragonfly

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As I wrote yesterday I witnessed the amazing sight of an emerging dragonfly on Saturday. It starts with a nymph crawling out from the water.
club tailed dragonfly nymph 3

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The Common Club-tail Gomphus vulgatissimus dragonflies at Goring

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On Saturday I met up with some friends from the Wild about Britain forum and headed to Goring for these beauties.
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Club tailed dragonflies.

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Cuckoo

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Last week I was walking round Wat Tyler when I heard and then spotted a cuckoo in a spot with some cover in front of it which would put me in range of an ok photo.
cuckoo

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Wood ants Formica rufa

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Last week I had to go to Norsey wood, so I tried to photograph some wood ants and got a few shots I'm pleased with.
wood ant head on

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Male bullfinch

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Here are the male bullfinchs, some of my fav bird images among them:
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Female bullfinches

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Today I was going to post my bullfinch images but I have a fair few so I decided to split them into male and female.
female bullfinch close up 2

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Robin

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A quick robin post.
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Coal tits

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Next in my series from my trip 'up north' are the coal tits.
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Blue tits

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There has been trickle of images from my trip up to Leighton Moss and the surrounding area, and I'm now nearly finished with the editing. I have finished the small bird photos which I will probably post a species at a time. First up the blue tit.
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I got them in a few poses.
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Feeding at the table.
blue tit on table

And backlit.
blue tit on rock

Herons on the nest, tufted ducks, geese and other stuff in Regents Park

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Yesterday I had a productive day at Regents Park. The herons were posing in the daisies.
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