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Cuckooflower - aka Lady's-smock185 viewsphotographed @ Hay Bridge (members only) Nature Reserve
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Hazel - Corylus avellana190 viewsthe tiny red female flowers of Hazel trees
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Hairy-footed Flower Bee - Anthophora plumipes145 viewsPhotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Hairy-footed Flower Bee - Anthophora plumipes150 viewsPhotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Hairy-footed Flower Bee - Anthophora plumipes143 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata150 viewsPhotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata137 viewsPhotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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154 views
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Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata197 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata214 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata215 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata219 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Hairy-footed Flower Bee - Anthophora plumipes227 viewsphotographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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Hoverfly - Helophilus pendulus147 viewsresting on scabious flower bud, in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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5 Skippers (I know not which type)209 viewsseen here visiting a thistle flowerhead, there were proably 30+ Skippers on this large thistles' many flowers.
photographed in the Vendee, France
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juvenile Goldfinch being fed by parent213 viewsso that's where all my sunflower hearst are going - photographed in our garden in Bispham, Blackpool
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juvenile House Sparrow200 viewsone of a dozen or so House Sparrows that regularly visit our garden. They used to stick to eating the mixed bird seed but now equally enjoy the sunflower hearts & even the fat balls - they're eating us out of house & home.
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Wood Mouse301 viewsWood Mouse [Apodemus sylvaticus], feeding on the sunflowers hearts that I'd thrown out onto the frozen Mere @ Marton Mere nature reserve, Blackpool
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Snake's-head Fritillary192 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Snake's-head Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool225 viewsphotographed @ Marton Mere Nature Reserve Blackpool
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Yellow Dung Fly226 viewsThis Dung Fly appears to have been a victim of Entomophthora muscae fungus, which, "once the fungus is inside the fly it grows into the brain, causing a change in behavior.
Instead of acting normally, the fly crawls as high as possible on the branch, flower, stem or leaf it is on, spreads out its legs, stretches opens its wings and angles the abdomen away from the surface. This position improves the chances of the fungal spores leaving the dead fly and infecting new hosts"
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Greenfinch858 views2008 heralded the first year we started to get regular visits from Greenfinch, they just love those sunflower hearts.
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