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Common Blue Damselfly - female

Common Blue Damselfly - male and female, paired

Downy Emerald Dragonfly

Downy Emerald Dragonfly

Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum

Four-spot Chaser

Four-spot Chaser

Four-spot Chaser - nymph exoskeleton on Great Horsetail with the beetle Coccidula rufa

Hairy Dragonfly - exuvia - nymph exoskeleton

Red-eyed Damselfly - male and female, paired

Blue-tailed Damselfly - male

Blue-tailed Damselfly - male

Red-eyed Damselfly - male

Common Blue Damselfly - male

Brimstone Butterfly

Four-spotted Chaser

Grass Snake - male

Hobby - hawking after dragonflies

White-spotted Bluethroat - male

Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum - female worker in spring

Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum - female worker in spring

Goosander - male

Goosander - male

Goosander - female

Goosander - female

Goosander - female, preening

Goosander - female

Ash - a seedling takes root after the devastation of Ash die-back

Bracken - new fronds emerging

Ramsoms - Wild Garlic

Ramsoms - Wild Garlic

Cormorant - in breeding plumage at an inland nest-site

Lesser Scaup - drake; a North American diving duck - occasional visitor to UK

Lesser Scaup - drake; a North American diving duck - occasional visitor to UK

Pine Processionary Moth - nest of the caterpillars in pine tree

Snakes-head Fritillary - Gloucestershire

Orange-tip Butterfly - male on cuckoo flower

Orange-tip Butterfly - male on cuckoo flower

Short-toed Eagle - South West France

Short-toed Eagle - South West France

Black-winged Kite - pair mating, SW France

Black-winged Kite - SW France

Blushing Bracket Fungus

Grey Heron - full breeding plumage

Grey Heron - well-grown nestlings, a couple of months later

Sparrowhawk - male

Wigeon - immature drake

Spoonbill - juvenile

Spoonbill - juvenile

Spoonbill - juvenile

Spoonbill - juvenile

Spoonbill - juvenile

Spoonbill - juvenile

House Sparrow - on a Cotswold cottage roof

Kestrel - female

Greenfinch - male

Greenfinch - Male

Black-headed Gull - adult in winter plumage

Black-headed Gull - adult in winter plumage - preening

Cormorant - adult of the continental form, in breeding plumage, with white showing on head and neck

Red-crested Pochard

Roe Deer - winter group

Goldcrest - finding a small maggot under leaves near a puddle

Green Woodpecker - a male probing soft grass during heavy rain

Blackcap - male over-wintering in Gloucestershire

Blackcap - male over-wintering in Gloucestershire

Long-tailed Tit - always a delight

Chiffchaff - over-wintering in Gloucestershire

Moorhen - on the ice

Sanderling - feeding on an incoming tide on a sandy beach

Sanderling - on an incoming tide on a sandy beach

Sanderling - on an incoming tide on a sandy beach

Great Northern Diver - juvenile in winter

Great Northern Diver - juvenile with shore crab

Great Northern Diver - juvenile with shore crab

Curlew - with a juicy lugworm

Grey Seal - female

Grey Seal - female

Grey Seal - female

Green Woodpecker

Green Woodpecker

Jelly-ear Fungus - on elder

Muntjac Deer - stag

Grey Heron - on a flat calm lake on a winter's day

Grey Heron - striking at prey

Grey Heron - striking at prey

Long-tailed Tit

Long-tailed Tit

House Sparrow - female

Gadwall - drake

Bewick's Swan - examining a tiny insect on its wing !!

Blue Tit - feeding on leaf shoots

Stonechat - male

Stonechat - male

Cormorant - catching a pike

Cormorant - catching a pike

Marsh Harrier - female

Great Northern Diver - adult in summer plumage

Green Woodpecker - a female hungrily feeding at an ant nest

Mediterranean Katydid

Stripeless Tree Frog

Slender Brittlegill

Blackening Waxcap

Blackening Waxcap

Macrolepiota konradii - a form of Parasol Mushroom

Macrolepiota konradii - a form of Parasol Mushroom

Weeping Widow - mature stage

Orange Oak Bolete

Panther Cap - cap emerging

Panther Cap - cap fully emerged

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 - 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

Ribwort Plantain

Ribwort Plantain

Bristly Oxtongue

Red-tailed Bumblebee - male on teasel head

Brown-lipped Snail

Green-veined White

Orange Oak Bolete

Shield Dapperling

Latticed Heath Moth

Common Darter - male

Wasp Spider - female

Wasp Spider - close-up !!

Long-tailed Blue

Small Pincertail - male

Berger's Clouded Yellow

Wasp Spider - female with prey

Black Redstart - female with caterpillar for hungry juvenile

Black Redstart - juvenile waiting to be fed

Large Skipper - male

Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female

Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female

Cattle Egret - adult

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 - male

Meadow Fritillary

Pfeiffer's Amber Snail

Adder's Tongue Fern

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

Southern Marsh Orchid

Blackbird - male

Gadwall - drake starting to moult

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

Goosander - female

Goosander - pair

Goosander - female

Goosander - male

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

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

Hen Harrier - juvenile male

Common Blue Damselfly - female

Common Blue Damselfly - male and female, paired

Downy Emerald Dragonfly

Downy Emerald Dragonfly

Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum

Four-spot Chaser

Four-spot Chaser

Four-spot Chaser - nymph exoskeleton on Great Horsetail with the beetle Coccidula rufa

Hairy Dragonfly - exuvia - nymph exoskeleton

Red-eyed Damselfly - male and female, paired

Blue-tailed Damselfly - male

Blue-tailed Damselfly - male

Red-eyed Damselfly - male

Common Blue Damselfly - male

Brimstone Butterfly

Four-spotted Chaser

Grass Snake - male

Hobby - hawking after dragonflies

White-spotted Bluethroat - male

Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum - female worker in spring

Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum - female worker in spring

Goosander - male

Goosander - male

Goosander - female

Goosander - female

Goosander - female, preening

Goosander - female

Ash - a seedling takes root after the devastation of Ash die-back

Bracken - new fronds emerging

Ramsoms - Wild Garlic

Ramsoms - Wild Garlic

Cormorant - in breeding plumage at an inland nest-site

Lesser Scaup - drake; a North American diving duck - occasional visitor to UK

Lesser Scaup - drake; a North American diving duck - occasional visitor to UK

Pine Processionary Moth - nest of the caterpillars in pine tree

Snakes-head Fritillary - Gloucestershire

Orange-tip Butterfly - male on cuckoo flower

Orange-tip Butterfly - male on cuckoo flower

Short-toed Eagle - South West France

Short-toed Eagle - South West France

Black-winged Kite - pair mating, SW France

Black-winged Kite - SW France

Blushing Bracket Fungus

Grey Heron - full breeding plumage

Grey Heron - well-grown nestlings, a couple of months later

Sparrowhawk - male

Wigeon - immature drake

Spoonbill - juvenile

Spoonbill - juvenile

Spoonbill - juvenile

Spoonbill - juvenile

Spoonbill - juvenile

Spoonbill - juvenile

House Sparrow - on a Cotswold cottage roof

Kestrel - female

Greenfinch - male

Greenfinch - Male

Black-headed Gull - adult in winter plumage

Black-headed Gull - adult in winter plumage - preening

Cormorant - adult of the continental form, in breeding plumage, with white showing on head and neck

Red-crested Pochard

Roe Deer - winter group

Goldcrest - finding a small maggot under leaves near a puddle

Green Woodpecker - a male probing soft grass during heavy rain

Blackcap - male over-wintering in Gloucestershire

Blackcap - male over-wintering in Gloucestershire

Long-tailed Tit - always a delight

Chiffchaff - over-wintering in Gloucestershire

Moorhen - on the ice

Sanderling - feeding on an incoming tide on a sandy beach

Sanderling - on an incoming tide on a sandy beach

Sanderling - on an incoming tide on a sandy beach

Great Northern Diver - juvenile in winter

Great Northern Diver - juvenile with shore crab

Great Northern Diver - juvenile with shore crab

Curlew - with a juicy lugworm

Grey Seal - female

Grey Seal - female

Grey Seal - female

Green Woodpecker

Green Woodpecker

Jelly-ear Fungus - on elder

Muntjac Deer - stag

Grey Heron - on a flat calm lake on a winter's day

Grey Heron - striking at prey

Grey Heron - striking at prey

Long-tailed Tit

Long-tailed Tit

House Sparrow - female

Gadwall - drake

Bewick's Swan - examining a tiny insect on its wing !!

Blue Tit - feeding on leaf shoots

Stonechat - male

Stonechat - male

Cormorant - catching a pike

Cormorant - catching a pike

Marsh Harrier - female

Great Northern Diver - adult in summer plumage

Green Woodpecker - a female hungrily feeding at an ant nest

Mediterranean Katydid

Stripeless Tree Frog

Slender Brittlegill

Blackening Waxcap

Blackening Waxcap

Macrolepiota konradii - a form of Parasol Mushroom

Macrolepiota konradii - a form of Parasol Mushroom

Weeping Widow - mature stage

Orange Oak Bolete

Panther Cap - cap emerging

Panther Cap - cap fully emerged

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 - 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

Ribwort Plantain

Ribwort Plantain

Bristly Oxtongue

Red-tailed Bumblebee - male on teasel head

Brown-lipped Snail

Green-veined White

Orange Oak Bolete

Shield Dapperling

Latticed Heath Moth

Common Darter - male

Wasp Spider - female

Wasp Spider - close-up !!

Long-tailed Blue

Small Pincertail - male

Berger's Clouded Yellow

Wasp Spider - female with prey

Black Redstart - female with caterpillar for hungry juvenile

Black Redstart - juvenile waiting to be fed

Large Skipper - male

Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female

Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female

Cattle Egret - adult

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 - male

Meadow Fritillary

Pfeiffer's Amber Snail

Adder's Tongue Fern

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

Southern Marsh Orchid

Blackbird - male

Gadwall - drake starting to moult

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

Goosander - female

Goosander - pair

Goosander - female

Goosander - male

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

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

Hen Harrier - juvenile male

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