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Blue Tit
Lapwing
Lapwing
Shoveler
Rook
Water Rail
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
Bewick's Swan
Bewick's Swan - examining a tiny insect on its wing !!
Wigeon
Lesser Redpoll
Blue Tit - feeding on leaf shoots
Stonechat - male
Stonechat - male
Robin
Conifer Mazegill
Great White Egret
Cormorant
Cormorant - battling with a large pike
Cormorant - catching a pike
Cormorant - catching a pike
Cormorant - catching a pike
Cormorant - catching a pike
Cormorant - catching a pike
Marsh Harrier - female
Great Northern Diver - adult in summer plumage
Kestrel
Green Woodpecker - a female hungrily feeding at an ant nest
Mediterranean Katydid
Stripeless Tree Frog
White Saddle Fungus - somewhat bizarrely shaped
Caesar's Mushroom - an impressive mushroom from South West France
Beechwood Sickener
Slender Brittlegill
Blackening Waxcap
Blackening Waxcap
Macrolepiota konradii - a form of Parasol Mushroom
Macrolepiota konradii - a form of Parasol Mushroom
Weeping Widow
Weeping Widow - mature stage
Orange Oak Bolete
Lurid Bolete
Suede Bolete
Larch Bolete - proving attractive to a slug
Ghost Bolete
Red Cracking Bolete
Panther Cap - cap emerging
Panther Cap - cap fully emerged
Jewelled Deathcap
Jewelled Deathcap
Blusher
Clouded Funnel
Wild Carrot - flower head
Wild Carrot - flower head closing
Wild Carrot - flower head closed
Elephant Hawk Moth - caterpillar
Otter - fishing for crayfish in autumn sunshine
Otter - fishing for crayfish in autumn sunshine
Otter - fishing for crayfish in autumn sunshine
Otter - fishing for crayfish in autumn sunshine
Southern Hawker - mature male
Migrant Hawker - male resting in autumn sunshine
Migrant Hawker - male resting in autumn sunshine
Large White - male
Red Admiral
Red Admiral - underside
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly - female
Marsh Harrier - a remarkable leucistic male with stunning plumage
Marsh Harrier - a remarkable leucistic male with stunning plumage
Marsh Harrier - a remarkable leucistic male with stunning plumage
Black-tailed Godwit
Great White Egret
Great White Egret - landing in a flurry of white feathers
Robin's Pincushion
Grey Squirrel
Migrant Hawker
Migrant Hawker
Kestrel
Ribwort Plantain
Ribwort Plantain
Bristly Oxtongue
Water Mint
Hemp-agrimony
Red-tailed Bumblebee - male on teasel head
Brown-lipped Snail
Hogweed
Wild Angelica
Dryad's Saddle - fungus
Green-veined White
Orange Oak Bolete
Shield Dapperling
Latticed Heath Moth
Ruddy Darter
Ruddy Darter
Common Darter - male
Mallow Skipper
Wasp Spider - female
Wasp Spider - close-up !!
Common Blue
Holly Blue
Long-tailed Blue
Small Pincertail - male
Ruddy Darter
Ruddy Darter
Ruddy Darter
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Speckled Wood
Sooty Copper
Sooty Copper
Wasp Spider - female with prey
Black Redstart - female with caterpillar for hungry juvenile
Black Redstart - juvenile waiting to be fed
Marbled White
Marbled White
Gatekeeper
Large Skipper - male
Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female
Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female
Black Kite
Black Kite
Black Kite
Cattle Egret - adult
Buzzard
Long-tailed Blue
Robin's Pincushion Gall - caused by the larvae of a gall wasp
Ruddy Darter - female with prey
Marbled Fritillary
Speckled Wood - female resting on a grass head in evening sunshine
Crag Martin - nestlings on a cliff ledge in South West France
Black Redtart - male
Large Skipper - male
Small Skipper
Small Skipper - male
Meadow Fritillary
Pfeiffer's Amber Snail
Adder's Tongue Fern
Sanfoin
Sanfoin
Marsh Fritillary - underwing
Marsh Fritillary
Marsh Fritillary
Devil's Bit Scabious - main food plant of the Marsh Fritillary caterpillars
Thick-legged Flower Beetle
Southern Marsh Orchid
Greater Butterfly Orchid
Lesser Butterfly Orchid
Common Twayblade
Early Marsh Orchid
Birdsnest Orchid
Burnt Orchid
Wasp Orchid
Southern Marsh Orchid
Blackbird - male
Gadwall - drake starting to moult
Reed Warbler
Reed Warbler
Little Egret - plunge fishing
Little Egret - with fish
Great-spotted Woodpecker - male
Red-crested Pochard - male
Ground Beetle - Poecilus versicolor
7- spot Ladybird
Nurseryweb Spider
Pfeiffer's Amber Snail - often found near water, but definitely a land snail
Pied Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Goosander - female
Goosander - pair
Goosander - female
Goosander - male
Dipper
Dipper
Cetti's Warbler - a glimpse is usually all one gets of this secretive bird
Brown Hare - spying out the land
Jackdaw - at nest hole with sheep wool and grass for lining the nest
Brown-tail Moth caterpillar - on hawthorn bush
Chiffchaff
Chiffchaff
Black Swan - although not European in origin, some feral birds are found throughout Europe
Brown Hare
Brown Hare - jinking to left and right as it makes its escape !
Brown Hare
Purple Sandpiper - adult, non-breeding plumage
Purple Sandpiper - adult, non-breeding plumage
Purple Sandpiper - adult, non-breeding plumage
Purple Sandpiper - first winter plumage, showing purple sheen that gives the species its name
Great Crested Grebe - Non - breeding plumage
Great Crested Grebe - Non - breeding plumage
Great Crested Grebe - Non - breeding plumage
Sparrowhawk - juvenile female
Sparrowhawk - juvenile female
Sparrowhawk - juvenile female
Purple Sandpiper - well camouflaged amongst the seaweed, rocks and sea spray
Waxwing - part of the 2023-24 UK winter invasion
Waxwing - part of the 2023-24 UK winter invasion
Short-eared Owl - hunting in the Cotswolds
Short-eared Owl - in evening light
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl - in evening light
Short-eared Owl - bathed in evening sunlight
Short-eared Owl - in evening light
Short-eared Owl - hunting over Cotswold meadows
Short-eared Owl - hunting in the Cotswolds
Short-eared Owl - hunting in the Cotswolds
Stonechat - male in winter - on a Cotswold stone wall
Little Egret
Dunlin - winter plumage
Dunlin - winter plumage
Dunlin - winter plumage
Hen Harrier - juvenile male
Hen Harrier - juvenile male
Shore Lark
Shore Lark
Curlew
Stonechat - male
Sparrowhawk - juvenile female
Sparrowhawk - juvenile female
Blue Tit
Purple Heron - juvenile
Red Deer - A magnificent 14-pointer stag
Red Deer - Stag - a 13-pointer, with one tyne broken !
Red Deer - hind
Red Deer - female
Red Deer - females fighting for attention
Red Deer - Stag in the rain
Red Deer - Stag in the grass
Red Deer - Stag
Red Deer - Stag - a 13-pointer, with one tyne broken !
Fallow Deer - stag with bracken adornments !
Fallow Deer - young buck known as a pricker
Little Grebe
Little Grebe

Blue Tit
Lapwing
Lapwing
Shoveler
Rook
Water Rail
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
Bewick's Swan
Bewick's Swan - examining a tiny insect on its wing !!
Wigeon
Lesser Redpoll
Blue Tit - feeding on leaf shoots
Stonechat - male
Stonechat - male
Robin
Conifer Mazegill
Great White Egret
Cormorant
Cormorant - battling with a large pike
Cormorant - catching a pike
Cormorant - catching a pike
Cormorant - catching a pike
Cormorant - catching a pike
Cormorant - catching a pike
Marsh Harrier - female
Great Northern Diver - adult in summer plumage
Kestrel
Green Woodpecker - a female hungrily feeding at an ant nest
Mediterranean Katydid
Stripeless Tree Frog
White Saddle Fungus - somewhat bizarrely shaped
Caesar's Mushroom - an impressive mushroom from South West France
Beechwood Sickener
Slender Brittlegill
Blackening Waxcap
Blackening Waxcap
Macrolepiota konradii - a form of Parasol Mushroom
Macrolepiota konradii - a form of Parasol Mushroom
Weeping Widow
Weeping Widow - mature stage
Orange Oak Bolete
Lurid Bolete
Suede Bolete
Larch Bolete - proving attractive to a slug
Ghost Bolete
Red Cracking Bolete
Panther Cap - cap emerging
Panther Cap - cap fully emerged
Jewelled Deathcap
Jewelled Deathcap
Blusher
Clouded Funnel
Wild Carrot - flower head
Wild Carrot - flower head closing
Wild Carrot - flower head closed
Elephant Hawk Moth - caterpillar
Otter - fishing for crayfish in autumn sunshine
Otter - fishing for crayfish in autumn sunshine
Otter - fishing for crayfish in autumn sunshine
Otter - fishing for crayfish in autumn sunshine
Southern Hawker - mature male
Migrant Hawker - male resting in autumn sunshine
Migrant Hawker - male resting in autumn sunshine
Large White - male
Red Admiral
Red Admiral - underside
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly - female
Marsh Harrier - a remarkable leucistic male with stunning plumage
Marsh Harrier - a remarkable leucistic male with stunning plumage
Marsh Harrier - a remarkable leucistic male with stunning plumage
Black-tailed Godwit
Great White Egret
Great White Egret - landing in a flurry of white feathers
Robin's Pincushion
Grey Squirrel
Migrant Hawker
Migrant Hawker
Kestrel
Ribwort Plantain
Ribwort Plantain
Bristly Oxtongue
Water Mint
Hemp-agrimony
Red-tailed Bumblebee - male on teasel head
Brown-lipped Snail
Hogweed
Wild Angelica
Dryad's Saddle - fungus
Green-veined White
Orange Oak Bolete
Shield Dapperling
Latticed Heath Moth
Ruddy Darter
Ruddy Darter
Common Darter - male
Mallow Skipper
Wasp Spider - female
Wasp Spider - close-up !!
Common Blue
Holly Blue
Long-tailed Blue
Small Pincertail - male
Ruddy Darter
Ruddy Darter
Ruddy Darter
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Speckled Wood
Sooty Copper
Sooty Copper
Wasp Spider - female with prey
Black Redstart - female with caterpillar for hungry juvenile
Black Redstart - juvenile waiting to be fed
Marbled White
Marbled White
Gatekeeper
Large Skipper - male
Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female
Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female
Black Kite
Black Kite
Black Kite
Cattle Egret - adult
Buzzard
Long-tailed Blue
Robin's Pincushion Gall - caused by the larvae of a gall wasp
Ruddy Darter - female with prey
Marbled Fritillary
Speckled Wood - female resting on a grass head in evening sunshine
Crag Martin - nestlings on a cliff ledge in South West France
Black Redtart - male
Large Skipper - male
Small Skipper
Small Skipper - male
Meadow Fritillary
Pfeiffer's Amber Snail
Adder's Tongue Fern
Sanfoin
Sanfoin
Marsh Fritillary - underwing
Marsh Fritillary
Marsh Fritillary
Devil's Bit Scabious - main food plant of the Marsh Fritillary caterpillars
Thick-legged Flower Beetle
Southern Marsh Orchid
Greater Butterfly Orchid
Lesser Butterfly Orchid
Common Twayblade
Early Marsh Orchid
Birdsnest Orchid
Burnt Orchid
Wasp Orchid
Southern Marsh Orchid
Blackbird - male
Gadwall - drake starting to moult
Reed Warbler
Reed Warbler
Little Egret - plunge fishing
Little Egret - with fish
Great-spotted Woodpecker - male
Red-crested Pochard - male
Ground Beetle - Poecilus versicolor
7- spot Ladybird
Nurseryweb Spider
Pfeiffer's Amber Snail - often found near water, but definitely a land snail
Pied Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Goosander - female
Goosander - pair
Goosander - female
Goosander - male
Dipper
Dipper
Cetti's Warbler - a glimpse is usually all one gets of this secretive bird
Brown Hare - spying out the land
Jackdaw - at nest hole with sheep wool and grass for lining the nest
Brown-tail Moth caterpillar - on hawthorn bush
Chiffchaff
Chiffchaff
Black Swan - although not European in origin, some feral birds are found throughout Europe
Brown Hare
Brown Hare - jinking to left and right as it makes its escape !
Brown Hare
Purple Sandpiper - adult, non-breeding plumage
Purple Sandpiper - adult, non-breeding plumage
Purple Sandpiper - adult, non-breeding plumage
Purple Sandpiper - first winter plumage, showing purple sheen that gives the species its name
Great Crested Grebe - Non - breeding plumage
Great Crested Grebe - Non - breeding plumage
Great Crested Grebe - Non - breeding plumage
Sparrowhawk - juvenile female
Sparrowhawk - juvenile female
Sparrowhawk - juvenile female
Purple Sandpiper - well camouflaged amongst the seaweed, rocks and sea spray
Waxwing - part of the 2023-24 UK winter invasion
Waxwing - part of the 2023-24 UK winter invasion
Short-eared Owl - hunting in the Cotswolds
Short-eared Owl - in evening light
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl - in evening light
Short-eared Owl - bathed in evening sunlight
Short-eared Owl - in evening light
Short-eared Owl - hunting over Cotswold meadows
Short-eared Owl - hunting in the Cotswolds
Short-eared Owl - hunting in the Cotswolds
Stonechat - male in winter - on a Cotswold stone wall
Little Egret
Dunlin - winter plumage
Dunlin - winter plumage
Dunlin - winter plumage
Hen Harrier - juvenile male
Hen Harrier - juvenile male
Shore Lark
Shore Lark
Curlew
Stonechat - male
Sparrowhawk - juvenile female
Sparrowhawk - juvenile female
Blue Tit
Purple Heron - juvenile
Red Deer - A magnificent 14-pointer stag
Red Deer - Stag - a 13-pointer, with one tyne broken !
Red Deer - hind
Red Deer - female
Red Deer - females fighting for attention
Red Deer - Stag in the rain
Red Deer - Stag in the grass
Red Deer - Stag
Red Deer - Stag - a 13-pointer, with one tyne broken !
Fallow Deer - stag with bracken adornments !
Fallow Deer - young buck known as a pricker
Little Grebe
Little Grebe