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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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Birds in Richmond Park

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There plenty of birds in Richmond Park other than those Ive posted about. In the first pond we came to a heron was standing where I had seen one eating frogs earlier this year.

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Kestrel mobbed by jackdaw

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After the last post on a buzzard being mobbed, here is another bird or prey that didn't fair much better. This kestrel was happily hovering away, not far from where I was standing.

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Buzzard mobbed by jackdaws and parakeets

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While down at the main lakes in Richmond Park I spotted a group of birds in the sky. It turned out to be a buzzard (a first me within Greater London) being mobbed not just by jackdaws, which is not such an unusual sight, but by ring necked parakeets as well!

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fallow deer buck in the evening sun

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On Tuesday I headed up to Richmond Park and got plenty of photos, but for now I'll I just post this one of a fallow buck taking it easy

Grey heron predating common frogs

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Well Ive finally got round to posting properly again. I have a busy couple of weeks with a stag night, wedding, and new jobs, so I've struggled to fit everything in and I am now way behind. Anyway I'll start the effort to catch today with the rest of the heron shot from Richmond Park weeks ago. Here is the heron catching the first frog

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Richmond Park - Ring necked parakeets, goldfinch and fallow deer

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Continuing on from yesterday here are some more photos. First up a goldfinch

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Richmond Park - ducks

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The saturday before last I headed to Richmond Park for so Sue could try out some photography techniques she'd been reading about. I took a lot of photos as I always do when visiting this park, so Ive broken it down into more than one post. In this post I'll cover the ducks, starting with the pintails.

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