Treecreeper

One of my favourite birds but not often seen. Very happy to see one on a walk surveying butterflies at the RSPB HQ reserve.

These were taken...
 

Green Lacewing and a Non-biting Midge, male

Found both of these on my deck this afternoon.





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Male Bullfinch



And his mate



Hendy Nature Reserve

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Cute Water Vole

We were back at the reserve for volunteering last weekend so had an opportunity to see one of these again as my partner Karen was very keen to see one...
 

Still going strong

Dusted off an E5 and 50-200 yesterday at WWT Slimbridge. Using the battery grip makes it a bit of a lump but still a great camera to use.

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Small Bluet Damselfly

Taken at Tanglewood Park, Mallard lake, Clemmons, NC.

There are numerous types of Bluet damselflies and they can be difficult to identify...
 

Robin up close

He was quite happy singing away, right next to me.

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Morning moon

Inspired by MJ224 's moon:



Taken at sunrise this morning, 150-600 @600mm, f/7.1, 1/200th second hand-held, ISO 200, uncropped....
 

Local buzzards

A couple of locals out on the hunt. Long shot at 600mm and well cropped.

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A sunny day in Aberystwyth

It's also bin day....

When the street has to be cleared for the bin lorry


and when the gulls move in - gull proof bags...
 

I see no spaceships...



A missed opportunity here...

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12-50mm Macro



Just bought a 12-50mm Macro (Zuiko). Great little lens so far.

How does the Macro work? I hear it is a one touch macro..But...
 

A couple from yesterday at Whipsnade zoo

We went to whipsnade yesterday Bank holiday chaos but a great day for all the family
Of course I bought a plethora of photography bits, most used...
 

Cormorants and Turtles

These two Cormorants have been hanging around this pond in Tanglewood Park, Clemmons, NC for the past week or more. The turtles are always here.​...
 

Blue Tit



Big crop, but the 300mm delivers the detail....

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