Wildlife Photography
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These are a selection of my wildlife images.
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Common Darter
I saw my first common darter of the season today at Gaddon loch. It was the only one we saw.
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Garden Tiger Moth
Saw this beautiful Garden Tiger Moth at Tentsmuir today. It's one of the Largest and most colourful moths in the uk.
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Grasshopper
There are lots of grasshoppers at Gaddon loch at the moment. This one sat nicely for me !
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Sycamore moth caterpillar
Found this lovely caterpillar in a garden in Nottingham recently. It was feeding on a maple tree.
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Common Blue Butterfly
There were a few common blues around today at Gaddon loch.
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Peacocks
There were plenty of peacock butterflies at Charlottetown this morning.
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Swallowtail Butterfly
I saw a few of these beautiful butterflies flying around the botanic gardens in Blanes ( Spain) This one sat just long enough for me to get a couple of shots.
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Spanish Beetles
Saw several red and black insects like these with different patterns on their bodies. Not sure what they are.(Botanic Gardens Blanes)
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Swan and cygnets
The pair of swans at Charlettown pond were showing of their new family today.
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Bee
I think this is a bee.It was sitting on some gorse at Charlottetown pond.
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Robin
Turned very cold today again so this robin was happy to feed from my hand at Birnie loch.
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Sparrowhawk
This sparrowhawk landed in the garden today . It was after the house sparrows that were hiding in the clematis and actually climbed inside it trying to get them.It stayed for a good ten minutes so once i managed to get my wife Wendy away from the window i got a few decent shots.
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Common Blue
Another shot of a Common Blue butterfly from Gaddon loch yesterday.
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Six-spot Burnet
There were quite a few of these day flying moths at Gaddon today.
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Red squirrel
This red squirrel was so busy eating a pine cone that i was able to get quite close to it in charlottetown wood.
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Chaffinch
Male chaffinch enjoying the seed at birnie loch this morning.
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Broad-Barred White Moth
I found this beautiful moth at Charlottetown today.
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Longhorn beetle
At the far end of harperleese reservoir there are some piles of old treetrunks. There were several of these large beetles on them.
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Green Spider
Came across this green spider at charlottetown pond today.
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Common blue (female)
This is the first shot of a female common blue butterfly for me. There have been quite a few males around but this is the only female i've seen.(Gaddon Loch)
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Long Tailed Tit
A good few of these little beauties at birnie loch today.
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Cygnet
The birnie loch swan family are doing very well. All eight cygnets were with mum and dad today. I took lots of photos of them and this is one of my favs !
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