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    Naturepics - The photographs of Nigel Gardener
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      Amethyst Broomrape - A parasitic plant with no chlorophyll. Its host is Field Eryngo.
      Amethyst Broomrape - A parasitic plant with no chlorophyll
      Distaff Thistle - Carthamus mitissimus
      Meadow Brown - male
      Meadow Brown - male and female
      Fox Moth caterpillar
      Adonis Blue - male
      Adonis Blue - male
      Adonis Blue - male
      Adonis Blue - female
      Common Blue - Male and female
      Greater Butterfly Orchid
      Greater Butterfly Orchid
      Meadow Clary
      European Owlfly
      Woodcock Bee Orchid
      Woodcock Bee Orchid
      Long-lipped Tongue Orchid
      Pyramid Orchid
      Pyramid Orchid
      Firebug
      Bee Orchid - with white sepals
      Bee Orchid
      Stonechat - male
      Stonechat - juvenile
      Stonechat - juvenile
      Wall Brown
      Knapweed Fritillary
      Knapweed Fritillary
      Meadow Fritillary
      Meadow Fritillary
      Red-backed Shrike - male
      Red-backed Shrike - male
      Six-spot Burnet - Caterpillar
      Six-spot Burnet - on pyramid orchid
      Burnet Companion Moth
      Little Tern
      Little Tern
      Black-tailed Skimmer - Female
      Hobby
      Hairy Dragonfly
      Scarce Chaser
      Brimstone
      Brimstone - close up
      Grizzled Skipper
      Wood white
      Wood white
      Southern White Admiral
      Swallowtail - showing wing damage - possibly from predator
      Speckled Wood
      Bee Beetle
      Violet Limodore
      Common Spotted Orchid
      Southern Marsh x Common Spotted Orchid - Hybrid
      Southern Marsh x Common Spotted Orchid - Hybrid
      Fly Orchid
      Fly Orchid - detail
      Western Heath Snail
      White-lipped Snail - pale version
      Hairy snail
      Comfrey
      Comfrey
      Green-winged Orchid
      Green-winged Orchid
      Green-winged Orchid
      Blue-tailed Damselfly - male - newly emerged "teneral" stage
      Common Blue Damselfly - immature female
      Lords-and-Ladies
      Lords-and-Ladies
      Copse Snail
      Copse Snail
      Curlew
      Skylark
      Skylark
      Skylark
      Skylark
      Wheatear - Male, on bilberry, in summer plumage
      Wheatear - adult male
      Wheatear - Male, 1st summer plumage
      Stonechat - Female on ling heather
      Stonechat - female
      Stonechat - male in summer plumage
      Meadow Pipit
      Meadow Pipit
      Meadow Pipit
      Meadow Pipit - on ling heather
      Lapwing
      Lapwing - exotic colours blending with heather and bilberry
      Red Grouse - male, keeping watch amid the heather
      Red Grouse - male in ling heather
      Red Grouse - male
      Red Grouse - male
      Pheasant - an impressive cock bird in full breeding plumage
      Grey Wagtail
      Grey Wagtail
      Grey Wagtail
      Pied Wagtail - adult male
      Pied Wagtail - adult female
      Goosander - male
      Goosander - male
      Goosander - female
      Goosander - Female
      Goosander - female
      Goosander - Female
      Goldfinch
      Coal Tit
      Tree creeper
      Blackbird - male ....any perch will do to sing from !
      Bluebells - just emerging in mid-April
      American Skunk Cabbage
      Peacock Butterfly
      Morel - Associated with St George's Day ( April 23rd ) this one found on April 20th.
      Hairy-footed flower bee - male on lungwort
      Hairy-footed flower bee - female on lungwort
      Tawny Mining Bee
      Bee fly
      Bee fly
      Holly Blue - male on ivy
      Cuckoo Flower
      Butterbur
      Cowslip - with early morning dew on the petals
      Cowslip
      Kingfisher - Male
      Kingfisher - male
      Kingfisher - male, close-up
      Kingfisher - Female with fish
      Kingfisher - male
      Kingfisher - male
      Kingfisher - male
      Kingfisher - male - taking a break from digging a nest hole
      Great Spotted woodpecker - male
      Great tit - male
      Great tit - first winter female
      Grey squirrel
      Water Vole
      Water Vole
      Water Vole
      Reed Bunting - male
      Collared Dove
      Early Dog Violet - a very pale example of this early-flowering violet
      Marsh Marigold
      Little Owl
      Little Owl
      Little Owl
      Little Owl - a little sleepy !!
      Rock Pipit
      Kestrel - Juvenile male
      Black-tailed Godwit
      Redshank - Winter plumage
      White-rumped Sandpiper - 1st winter
      Wood Pigeon
      Lapwing - Adult male - summer plumage
      Lapwing - Adult male - summer plumage
      Dunlin - Winter plumage
      Teal - Male - displaying
      Teal - Male - displaying
      Pintail - Male - preening
      Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
      Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
      Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
      Carrion Crow
      Carrion Crow
      Long-tailed Tit
      Blue Tit
      Tree Sparrow
      Tree Sparrow
      Whooper Swan - adult
      Whooper Swan - close up
      Candlesnuff - or Stag's Horn Fungus
      Candlesnuff - or Stag's Horn Fungus
      Jelly-ear Fungus - found on elder
      Jelly-ear Fungus - found on elder
      Velvet Shank Fungus - on ash tree
      Velvet Shank Fungus - on ash tree
      Bewick's Swan
      Bewick's Swan
      Robin
      Velvet Bolete
      Purple Brittlegill
      Purple Brittlegill
      Beechwood Sickener
      False Chanterelle
      False Chanterelle
      Charcoal Burner
      Charcoal Burner
      Frosty Funnel
      Frosty Funnel
      Frosty Funnel
      Upright Coral
      Parasol - newly emerging
      Shaggy Inkcap - dripping ink !!
      Dartford Warbler - Female
      Dartford Warbler - Male
      Dartford Warbler - Male
      Long-tailed Tit
      Little Egret
      Little Egret
      Brown Rollrim
      Collared Earthstar
      Oyster Mushroom
      Brittlestem - Psathyrella prona
      Black Milking Bonnet
      Spotted Redshank - Adult - winter plumage
      Snipe
      Green Woodpecker - Female
      Common Inkcap
      Magpie Inkcap
      Honey Fungus
      Turkeytail Fungus
      Trooping Funnel Cap
      Trooping Funnel Cap
      Fool's Funnel - A pure white mushroom - highly toxic with no known antidote
      Lurid Boletus
      Migrant Hawker - Male
      Common Blue - Male
      Red Admiral
      Robin's Pincushion Gall ( on a dog rose ) - caused by the larvae of a gall wasp
      Otter
      Dotterel - Juvenile
      Dotterel - Adult male
      Dotterel - Adult male
      Dotterel - Adult male
      Wheatear - Female or 1st year male
      Common Darter - Adult female
      Common Darter - Adult female
      Migrant Hawker - Female
      Migrant Hawker - Female
      Migrant Hawker - Male
      Migrant Hawker - Male
      Migrant Hawker - Male
      Woodland Grayling
      Great Banded Grayling
      Great Banded Grayling
      Western Demoiselle - Female - Replaces Banded Demoiselle in South Western Europe
      Western Demoiselle - Male - Replaces Banded Demoiselle in South Western Europe
      Keeled Skimmer
      Small Pincertail
      Copper Demoiselle - Male
      Painted Lady
      Common Blue - Male
      Cattle Egret
      Small Heath
      Gannet
      Gannet
      Gannet
      Gannet
      Guillemot
      Guillemot
      Kittiwake
      Puffin
      Razorbill
      Fulmar
      Linnet - Male
      Barn Owl
      Barn Owl
      Skylark
      Chalk Fragrant Orchid
      Bee Orchid
      Pyramid Orchid
      Pyramid Orchid
      Marsh Harrier - Male
      Common Tern
      Black-tailed Godwit - Non-breeding Plumage
      Little Grebe - Breeding plumage
      Spoonbill - Adult

      Amethyst Broomrape - A parasitic plant with no chlorophyll. Its host is Field Eryngo.
      Amethyst Broomrape - A parasitic plant with no chlorophyll
      Distaff Thistle - Carthamus mitissimus
      Meadow Brown - male
      Meadow Brown - male and female
      Fox Moth caterpillar
      Adonis Blue - male
      Adonis Blue - male
      Adonis Blue - male
      Adonis Blue - female
      Common Blue - Male and female
      Greater Butterfly Orchid
      Greater Butterfly Orchid
      Meadow Clary
      European Owlfly
      Woodcock Bee Orchid
      Woodcock Bee Orchid
      Long-lipped Tongue Orchid
      Pyramid Orchid
      Pyramid Orchid
      Firebug
      Bee Orchid - with white sepals
      Bee Orchid
      Stonechat - male
      Stonechat - juvenile
      Stonechat - juvenile
      Wall Brown
      Knapweed Fritillary
      Knapweed Fritillary
      Meadow Fritillary
      Meadow Fritillary
      Red-backed Shrike - male
      Red-backed Shrike - male
      Six-spot Burnet - Caterpillar
      Six-spot Burnet - on pyramid orchid
      Burnet Companion Moth
      Little Tern
      Little Tern
      Black-tailed Skimmer - Female
      Hobby
      Hairy Dragonfly
      Scarce Chaser
      Brimstone
      Brimstone - close up
      Grizzled Skipper
      Wood white
      Wood white
      Southern White Admiral
      Swallowtail - showing wing damage - possibly from predator
      Speckled Wood
      Bee Beetle
      Violet Limodore
      Common Spotted Orchid
      Southern Marsh x Common Spotted Orchid - Hybrid
      Southern Marsh x Common Spotted Orchid - Hybrid
      Fly Orchid
      Fly Orchid - detail
      Western Heath Snail
      White-lipped Snail - pale version
      Hairy snail
      Comfrey
      Comfrey
      Green-winged Orchid
      Green-winged Orchid
      Green-winged Orchid
      Blue-tailed Damselfly - male - newly emerged "teneral" stage
      Common Blue Damselfly - immature female
      Lords-and-Ladies
      Lords-and-Ladies
      Copse Snail
      Copse Snail
      Curlew
      Skylark
      Skylark
      Skylark
      Skylark
      Wheatear - Male, on bilberry, in summer plumage
      Wheatear - adult male
      Wheatear - Male, 1st summer plumage
      Stonechat - Female on ling heather
      Stonechat - female
      Stonechat - male in summer plumage
      Meadow Pipit
      Meadow Pipit
      Meadow Pipit
      Meadow Pipit - on ling heather
      Lapwing
      Lapwing - exotic colours blending with heather and bilberry
      Red Grouse - male, keeping watch amid the heather
      Red Grouse - male in ling heather
      Red Grouse - male
      Red Grouse - male
      Pheasant - an impressive cock bird in full breeding plumage
      Grey Wagtail
      Grey Wagtail
      Grey Wagtail
      Pied Wagtail - adult male
      Pied Wagtail - adult female
      Goosander - male
      Goosander - male
      Goosander - female
      Goosander - Female
      Goosander - female
      Goosander - Female
      Goldfinch
      Coal Tit
      Tree creeper
      Blackbird - male ....any perch will do to sing from !
      Bluebells - just emerging in mid-April
      American Skunk Cabbage
      Peacock Butterfly
      Morel - Associated with St George's Day ( April 23rd ) this one found on April 20th.
      Hairy-footed flower bee - male on lungwort
      Hairy-footed flower bee - female on lungwort
      Tawny Mining Bee
      Bee fly
      Bee fly
      Holly Blue - male on ivy
      Cuckoo Flower
      Butterbur
      Cowslip - with early morning dew on the petals
      Cowslip
      Kingfisher - Male
      Kingfisher - male
      Kingfisher - male, close-up
      Kingfisher - Female with fish
      Kingfisher - male
      Kingfisher - male
      Kingfisher - male
      Kingfisher - male - taking a break from digging a nest hole
      Great Spotted woodpecker - male
      Great tit - male
      Great tit - first winter female
      Grey squirrel
      Water Vole
      Water Vole
      Water Vole
      Reed Bunting - male
      Collared Dove
      Early Dog Violet - a very pale example of this early-flowering violet
      Marsh Marigold
      Little Owl
      Little Owl
      Little Owl
      Little Owl - a little sleepy !!
      Rock Pipit
      Kestrel - Juvenile male
      Black-tailed Godwit
      Redshank - Winter plumage
      White-rumped Sandpiper - 1st winter
      Wood Pigeon
      Lapwing - Adult male - summer plumage
      Lapwing - Adult male - summer plumage
      Dunlin - Winter plumage
      Teal - Male - displaying
      Teal - Male - displaying
      Pintail - Male - preening
      Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
      Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
      Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
      Carrion Crow
      Carrion Crow
      Long-tailed Tit
      Blue Tit
      Tree Sparrow
      Tree Sparrow
      Whooper Swan - adult
      Whooper Swan - close up
      Candlesnuff - or Stag's Horn Fungus
      Candlesnuff - or Stag's Horn Fungus
      Jelly-ear Fungus - found on elder
      Jelly-ear Fungus - found on elder
      Velvet Shank Fungus - on ash tree
      Velvet Shank Fungus - on ash tree
      Bewick's Swan
      Bewick's Swan
      Robin
      Velvet Bolete
      Purple Brittlegill
      Purple Brittlegill
      Beechwood Sickener
      False Chanterelle
      False Chanterelle
      Charcoal Burner
      Charcoal Burner
      Frosty Funnel
      Frosty Funnel
      Frosty Funnel
      Upright Coral
      Parasol - newly emerging
      Shaggy Inkcap - dripping ink !!
      Dartford Warbler - Female
      Dartford Warbler - Male
      Dartford Warbler - Male
      Long-tailed Tit
      Little Egret
      Little Egret
      Brown Rollrim
      Collared Earthstar
      Oyster Mushroom
      Brittlestem - Psathyrella prona
      Black Milking Bonnet
      Spotted Redshank - Adult - winter plumage
      Snipe
      Green Woodpecker - Female
      Common Inkcap
      Magpie Inkcap
      Honey Fungus
      Turkeytail Fungus
      Trooping Funnel Cap
      Trooping Funnel Cap
      Fool's Funnel - A pure white mushroom - highly toxic with no known antidote
      Lurid Boletus
      Migrant Hawker - Male
      Common Blue - Male
      Red Admiral
      Robin's Pincushion Gall ( on a dog rose ) - caused by the larvae of a gall wasp
      Otter
      Dotterel - Juvenile
      Dotterel - Adult male
      Dotterel - Adult male
      Dotterel - Adult male
      Wheatear - Female or 1st year male
      Common Darter - Adult female
      Common Darter - Adult female
      Migrant Hawker - Female
      Migrant Hawker - Female
      Migrant Hawker - Male
      Migrant Hawker - Male
      Migrant Hawker - Male
      Woodland Grayling
      Great Banded Grayling
      Great Banded Grayling
      Western Demoiselle - Female - Replaces Banded Demoiselle in South Western Europe
      Western Demoiselle - Male - Replaces Banded Demoiselle in South Western Europe
      Keeled Skimmer
      Small Pincertail
      Copper Demoiselle - Male
      Painted Lady
      Common Blue - Male
      Cattle Egret
      Small Heath
      Gannet
      Gannet
      Gannet
      Gannet
      Guillemot
      Guillemot
      Kittiwake
      Puffin
      Razorbill
      Fulmar
      Linnet - Male
      Barn Owl
      Barn Owl
      Skylark
      Chalk Fragrant Orchid
      Bee Orchid
      Pyramid Orchid
      Pyramid Orchid
      Marsh Harrier - Male
      Common Tern
      Black-tailed Godwit - Non-breeding Plumage
      Little Grebe - Breeding plumage
      Spoonbill - Adult

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      • Butterflies 
      • Bumblebees, Moths and other Insects
      • Dragonflies and Damselflies
      • Mammals
      • Reptiles and Amphibians
      • Fungi
      • Orchids and other Flowers 
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