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Loved the picture of the Silk Tree - haven't heard of that one before. Consulted good old Wikipedia and found it's of the Albizia genus (not many people know that!).
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Cheers Jamesw82..at least I got the warbler bit right 
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One of the Red-back Shrikes i saw in Poland, a little soft focus as i took it hold my automatic up to the eyepiece of my friends telescope, pleased it came out as well as it did.
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Good photo Mel
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Good idea using the telescope Jamesw82, and a good result too.
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"Well caught, sir!" (to use a cricketing term!). Mel: Excellent capture with the light showing through the red of the moth's wing. Like that one very much.
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Thanks Trigger, that picture was taken on Carlton Marshes as was this one, I believe this to be a Small Heath butterfly...
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I know, one of the blooms are dying, but I was trying out a new lens on the camera, and it happened to be there, this is the best 50p's worth I have ever had, I found the plant on the Dead and Dying shelf at Homebase and it has bloomed non stop since I got it home and as you can see there are more to come.
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Mel, you have a lot of Patience with those flying bugs, you get some good shots so it pays of.
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Mel, you have a lot of Patience with those flying bugs, you get some good shots so it pays of.
Patience (when taking pictures) is not one of my virtues Blue Eyes, I could never be stuck in a hide for hours on end waiting to get a wildlife shot. It is mostly down to luck...and walking miles on end...that I get most of my shots.
Are you pleased with your new lens? The gerbera certainly came out well; super 50p plant
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Thanks Mel & Ray.I love sweet peas but don't think I have ever seen any here-maybe too hot for most flowers.This is our 15th day of 100F or more heat!
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Nice to see red poppies again, up here ours are all yellow although I do actually have a couple of red ones in the garden at the moment where the bird seed has germinated and grown. Probably some kind of drugs. 
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Very small green frog hiding in a friends lemon tree .
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Mother Duck and her young having afternoon siesta in the sun .
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Spent ages watching this bee waiting for it to take off ,all ready to go .Missed the take off ......
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Carp .Took him ages to land it and I was lucky to get this photo ,as soon as the hook was out it was realised .
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Thank-you Trigger.My Canon has gone to be repaired and I miss it .The compact is good but not as fast and alot of photos are getting binned . 
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I understand your sorrow. 
Trouble is, you get so used to working with a particular camera - and anything else doesn't, somewhow, feel "right"! At least it will give your your shutterbug finger a rest! 
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Some sort of lizard...
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,A friend likes to grow un-usual flowers ,different coloured sunflowers.
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Do your geckos ever venture indoors Kerch?
Some sort of lizard... An Ugly One !!
They are certainly not everyones cup of tea Blue Eyes...here is a cuddlier creature just 'chillin out' until his bamboo arrives. A red panda seen at Colchester Zoo.
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Have n't seen one yet Mel ,but does n't mean much as they are almost invisiable and one wall indoors is natural stone .Plenty of camouflage.Lovely photo .
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A couple of pictures from the garden.
1. Crocosmia and Insect (don't know what it is though - anyone help?)
2. Geranium after a shower
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1. Crocosmia and Insect (don't know what it is though - anyone help?)
Two cracking pictures Boatbuilder. The insect is a hover-fly, I also managed to get a picture of one today...was trying to catch it hovering but had no luck
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Also saw quite a few 'Soldier Beetles'...the second picture looks like the soldiers were on exercises
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I thought maybe I had caught the beetles in an unguarded moment Boatbuilder. But quoting from my Collins book 'Complete British Wildlife'...Seen May-August; mating pairs are a common sight. It seems they are at it all the time
Another bug seen yesterday was this member of the Longhorn Beetle family...
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The wind was a pain Kerch; I managed to get plenty of blurred shots But there was a couple of sheltered spots where I was able to 'capture' my bugs.
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That's always the problem with insect photos ,think it's "Murphy law "no wind no bugs or not as many .
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Old man's beard & this white climber it's growing wild do n't know if it's escaped from a garden ,does n't smell very pleasant sort of a bitter smell.
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Also saw quite a few 'Soldier Beetles'...the second picture looks like the soldiers were on exercises
Mel, wasn't there a song about this sort of thing (Picture No 2):
"Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it . . . . "
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Think this crop is Chick peas ,open a pod and there was only a single pea in it .
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I had a suprise at breakfast time this morning, a 'thud' on the window had me retrieving this Sedge Warbler from the patio, anxious next doors cats may have been on patrol i put it in an old shoe box to get itself together and 15 minutes later it happily flew off into the Hawthorne hedge at the bottom of the garden. It didn't look too well at first, panting with its beak open and eyes kept closing but this hardy chap was ok, to continue its journey south to Africa.
Normal habitat would be reeds and marshes around Carlton Marshes and other similar sites, rather than a suburban garden!
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A great picture of the sedge warbler James82 and well done for saving it from the neighbour's cats. Hopefully that is its mishaps over with and it has a safe onward journey to Africa.
Common Toadflax.
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