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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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Small copper butterflies and the last few photos from Richmond Park

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This is the last post on what I saw and photographed on Richmond Park. While wandering round we past a small plant with a few small copper butterflies on it

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red deer silhouettes

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It was such a nice day at Richmond park that we diecided to stay until sunset. The sunset wasn't that great but I did manage some silhouettes of the deer.

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Red deer rut in Richmond Park

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Carrying on with my photos from my visit to Richmond Park with Daniel Bridge (see his blog in the side bar), the main reason for visiting was the red deer rut. Although I saw very little actual rutting, the stags were certainly displaying rut behaviour. One thing I noticed lots of them doing on the day was licking their lips as they approached the hinds (females), as the first stag I came across was doing

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Raptors at Grove ferry end of Stodmarsh NNR

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On Sunday I popped over too Stodmarsh near Canterbury, parking at the Grove Ferry end. As I entered the reserve I noticed a few butterflies feeding on the Ivy flowers, including this painted lady

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Norsey wood and Wat tyler country park

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Last week I went to Norsey Wood and I got a few close ups of the wood ants there

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Thursley common Dragonflies and Damselflies

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Thursley Common is famous for its dragonfly diversity. In fact you can find more species of dragonfly and damselfly at Thursley Common than any other site in the UK, with 28 species having been recorded! (Smallshire and Swash, 2004). One of the site specialities is the small red damselfly, a species found only on boggy heathland like those at Thursley Common and a new one for me.This is a male.

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Bedfords Park - red deer calf

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Back at the start of July I went up to Bedfords Park and the deer had given birth to at least one calf since I lat saw them.

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Bedfords park - insects

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On bank holiday Monday I headed up to Bedfords Park. That weekend there was a mass influx of painted lady butterflies, and I saw 8 on the walk in towards the lake

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Wicken fen - birds, dragonflies and butterfly

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The first thing that I noticed in Wicken Fen was the tame house sparrows at the cafe

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