| I've split this month's photos into two parts. A selection of some of the most interesting photos of birds and flowers are shown below. Part 2 contains the insect photos. |
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Juvenile Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) - Gwynedd, Wales
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| For the birds, June is a time for rearing young and numerous family parties of recently fledged birds can be observed clumsily trying to follow their parents while constantly begging to be fed. |
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Juvenile Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) - Anglesey, Wales
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| This young Blackbird had a lucky escape. It was sitting, stunned in the middle of the road when I found it and had probably been hit a glancing blow by a passing car. It didn't have any obvious physical damage, so I moved it off the road and onto a stone wall, where it seemed quite happy to sit while it recovered for a minute or so, then flew strongly into some nearby woods. |
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Juvenile Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) - Anglesey, Wales
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Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
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Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
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Gwynedd, Wales
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Anglesey, Wales
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Burnet Rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia) & underside of Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)- Anglesey, Wales
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| Some people have commented to me that they like the way I arranged the rose and the fern on the above photo. There is, however, nothing contrived or artificial about this composition. As with all my photos, this was how I found it. Other than moving a distracting blade of grass temporarily out of the way, the composition is completely natural. |
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Sheepsbit (Jasione montana)
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Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulnereria)
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Anglesey, Wales
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Anglesey, Wales
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Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris) - Anglesey, Wales
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English Stonecrop (Sedum anglicum)
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| The remainder of this month's photos were of insects. The best of which can be seen on the following page... |
