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Bedfords Park: red deer, woodpecker and devils coach horse

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In between my 2 visits to Raphaels Park on Saturday I went up to Bedfords Park. It was quiet, both in terms of people and wildlife, but in the deer pen one of the stags was dozing in the autumn sun

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Green Tiger Beetle - Cicindela campestris

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Last weekend I went to Thursley common where I saw many different species of invertebrate, many of them new to me. One I had only seen once before, and that was the Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris)

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Strumpshaw fen: birds and other wildlife

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Following on from my previous two posts, there were butterflies other than swallowtails at strumpshaw. In the Doctor's garden I photogrpahed a few small tortoiseshells with my fz7 while waiting for the swallowtails to arrive

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Stag Beetles

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On Wednesday, I was sitting at my computer when I large insect flew past my window. As I was thinking that it was an odd time to see a dragonfly, it dawned on me that it must have been a stag beetle. A wander round the garden resulted in a low fly over and eventually finding this female on the pear tree.

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Rabbit Kits and insects

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On friday at Wat Tyler I managed a much better photo of the broad bodied chaser male

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Wat tyler country park - Damselflies

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On Tuesday I took a photo of a Malachius bipustulatus soldier beetle on my way to work.

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Tyler Hill and Sarre Penn Valley

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A couple of weekend ago I went on a set walk that started (and ended) in Tyler Hill, travelling through nearby woodland and across the Sarre Penn Valley. The woodland was full of bluebells

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Wat tyler wildlife

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In my never ending effort to catch up, here are some photos from 3 or so weeks ago (14th + 15th april). A goldfinch that sang from a tree and enabled me to show my collegues what one looked like

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Bedfords Park minibeasts

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A few from last month (20th) looking under logs in Bedfords Park. First up a couple of a cylindrical type millipede

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tame fox

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Wednesday before last I started a new job at Wat Tyler Country Park, but little did I know there would be a bonus to working there:

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