Martyn Pitt
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The prehistoric ancestor of the Dragonfly had a wingspan of 3 feet, would loved to have seen one of those ... would have been easier to get a flight shot of it than it's descendent's
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Mainly wildlife and nature stuff Manus, and most of my holiday snaps are in focus, I bought my first SLR camera when I was 16 so have had a lot of practice, fair to say I enjoy taking photo's of most things in general. As you asked nicely here is a rather pristine Southern Hawker
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Hoverfly versus Bruce Lee Bee ....
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Butterflies have been a bit thin on the ground this year, so I was pleased to get this rather splendid Peacock
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Here is a scarce one, in decline and protected it is a Garden Tiger Moth., the first record for the reserve. After posing for the obligatory snapshot we moved it off the path into some better cover.
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I remember now ... Taormina in Sicily is nice, a current favourite
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CeeJay I would agree 100% ... stunning part of Italy
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We have several wooden benches dotted around the reserve, every year you can guarantee seeing a Ruddy Darter resting on this one particular bench when the sun has been out to warm it up.
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Not too bad Steve thanks, hope yourself and Lou are ok. Hope to get out a bit more in the next few months
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Cold, raining and windy ... could only be a typical British Summers day Cuckoo was well concealed today, managed a House Martin after insects just above the surface of the water
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Glad that you liked them, not something that you see too often. We could not locate it on Sunday, it could be off fending for itself now it can fly fairly well. With any luck we may have some others, the adult would have laid 10 - 15 eggs in various nests around the reserve.
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Cuckoo looks bigger this week, must be all those insects the Reed Warblers are shovelling in ...
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If you approach them carefully without any sudden movement you can get pretty close, it helps that I am using either a 300mm or 200-400mm lens which have 5 feet or 6 feet minimum focus distance, this lets me keep just far enough away from the insect to avoid spooking it.
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Steve, yonks ago you posted one sideways on, I asked if you had taken it lying down, or if you had fallen over ... and as being six foot nothing ... in my dreams Anyway, have a couple of Southern Hawkers
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I reckon he fell over again Russell ... it's happened before
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Same way that the youngster knows how to fly close to 2000 miles home in the Autumn, pure instinct I would imagine. The adults will only take over a nest of another bird if they can imitate the host birds egg, my question is how the host bird does not know it's not their own youngster once it gets over twice their size. The difference is obvious in this image (unfortunately the Warbler is out of focus due to the limited depth of field, I was struggling to find a place I could see between the leaves and branches).
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A Large Skipper ponders ...
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Cheers you two ... apparently it has been well over 10 years since Cuckoos bred at Belvide, we think that we may have three juveniles this year, which is good news as Cuckoo numbers had been declining. A couple more shots of it
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Managed to see a fledgling Cuckoo this morning, being fed by a couple of Reed Warblers ... it was calling for food constantly, I should think that the Reed Warblers were struggling to keep up with the demand Here it is demanding food You can see one of the Reed Warblers almost in the Cuckoo's mouth in this shot
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Steve what do you mean ... too far away ... WoodButcher posted a shot of the Sun and that's bloody miles away
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A male Black Tailed Skimmer
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This is an Emperor Dragonfly a little farther away than I would have liked but them's the breaks, which gave me quite a challenge to actually get a shot of it in flight
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As the warm weather appears so do the Dragons ... A female Ruddy Darter takes a rest
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I have known Paul over 20 years, shared a dance floor with him many a time, great guy, I was shocked to hear the sad news. Deepest sympathy and condolences to the lovely Carole RIP Paul Martyn & Carol xxx
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A Black Necked Grebe paid us a visit, a stunning little bird ]
