Buff Tailed Bumble bee (?)



Unsure of the ID.

This bee was warm enough for my thermal camera to pick it up...

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Hairy Balls

Technically, slime moulds are NOT a fungus. They are a special group of living things. Here are some of Comatricha nigra infected by fungal mould. These...
 

Nanny D with Mabel so sweet

Little Mabel loves reading with men and Nanny.
EM1-X and 45mm f1.8 my best portrait lens


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Yorkshire Dales Rally, 29th March

Bath time for a Toyota! Sequence of photos...

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Mabel side profile

I am sure she will break hearts in the future


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Mrs Duck again

Taken at my local pond

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Holy Mackeral....



Lovely Sky...

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Orchard Orb Weaver Spider (Leucauge venusta)

This tiny spider, about 7mm, had a small web between 2 flowerpots on my deck. I was only able to get a few shots as the wind was gusting and I could not...
 

Water Vole

These are showing quite well on the chalk stream at RSPB Fowlmere Cambridgeshire at the moment.

I think the efforts to eradicate the invasive...
 

Thoughtful Alpaca....



Thinking are the humans going to feed me...

They didn't!

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The 'Eclose' of a Nymph to a Dragonfly

I spotted this at the park this afternoon.
After spending a year or more underwater as a nymph it crawled up on this branch, split the exoskeleton...
 

Barklouse and Mayfly

Barklouse/Barkfly very small, typically ranging from 1.5 to 2.0 mm in length.

The 2nd one looks like a Mayfly and Google lens says that it...
 

Pelicans

Just some pelicans in the sun.


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A walk through Dursley Gloucestershire on the Cotswold Way last year

I'm still sorting out photos from my trips last year. This was day 8 walking the Cotswold Way national trail 102 miles from Chipping Campden to Bath....
 

Duck mix up in Aylesbury

These two seemed to be an item..

Him: "Ga Ga Ga!"

Her: "No need to quack at me like that in your Chinese accent,...

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Sitting bird

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