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Miscellaneous pictures from Kenton, Lasham and Esher Common. The Esher Common heather was where lots of Silver Studded Blue butterflies lived. See the Butterflies and Moths 2010 page to see the butterfly pictures taken at the same time.
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| Sheep on the Dunstable Downs. | Walking along from Bison Hill to the Chiltern Gateway visitor centre. | Kite being flown near the visitor centre. | Paraglider ridge soaring the Dunstable Downs. | ||
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| Poppies. | The paraglider coming back past again. | Looking towards Pascomb Pit, Five Knolls and Dunstable. | Looking towards Totternhoe Knolls. | The Old Swan pub in Cheddington. | |
Miscellaneous pictures from Kenton, Lasham and Esher Common. The Esher Common heather was where lots of Silver Studded Blue butterflies lived. See the Butterflies and Moths 2010 page to see the butterfly pictures taken at the same time.
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| Tiger Lillies in Kenton. | My caravan at Lasham. | Purple Heather and small but pretty yellow flowers on the edge of Esher Common. | ||||
Miscellaneous pictures taken during a butterfly trip to Collard Hill in Somerset.
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| Panoramic view from Collard Hill. | A Greater Butterfly Orchid. | Another pretty orchid. | |
The old shed in the garden being demolished after maybe 50 years of service.
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| The old shed cleared of its contents and ready to be demolished. | Demolition had to stop prematurely as a bee's nest was discovered and a pest controller had to be called out. | After the nest removal was completed, there was soon an empty space where the shed used to be. | New shed being built. | The completed new shed. | |
General pictures taken during a butterfly trip to Park Corner Heath.
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| Buzzards flying past after soaring in a thermal. | Shield bug. | Park Corner Heath. |
A trip to Dockey Wood on the Ashridge Estate where the bluebells were most impressive. Then to the Bridgewater Monument for tea and cake, and my first time up the tower.
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| Dockey Wood, with the most impressive Bluebell display I have ever seen. | The Bridgewater Monument on the Ashridge Estate above Aldbury. | Looking towards Ashridge House from the top of the monument. | ||||
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| Views from the top of the monument. A 360 degree panorama, the church in Aldbury, and long range views of Canary Wharf and Wembley Stadium through the distant haze. | |||
Yet more miscellaneous pictures.
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| 2 long range shots of a juvenile robin in the garden in Kenton. | |
More miscellaneous pictures.
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| New bird feeders (2 of them squirrelproof) and a closeup of the seed feeder which is being visited by 2 Greenfinches. | Lewis Hamilton's 2007 F1 Car on display at Brent Cross Shopping Centre. | Bluebells by Horsenden Hill. | |||
A few pics taken on the Dunstable Downs and in the Aldenham area.
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| Church on a mound at Edlesborough seen from the Dunstable Downs. | Looking along the Dunstable Downs from the Dunstable end. | Kites being flown at the Chiltern Gateway visitor centre on top of the Dunstable Downs. | |
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| Crocuses in Letchmore Heath. | Snowdrops near Aldenham. | Confluence of the river Ver (left) into the Colne (flowing towards the camera). | Wooden Sculpture by the river Ver just upstream of the confluence with the Colne. |
More general Greenford pictures in icy conditions on the 1st. Kenton garden birds on the 6th.
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| Coot on the ice. | Canal boat negotiating ice on the grand union canal. | Green Woodpecker feeding on ants. | Green Woodpecker feeding on ants. | ||
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| The same Green Woodpecker resting on a Horse Chestnut tree branch. | Herons gathered in a field. | Waterbird flying over Paradise Meadows in Greenford. | A Shoveler (now on its own) swims past a Coot's nest. | |
On the 7th we'd just had heavy snowfall and very cold conditions. I took pictures at the Main Lagoon pond in Paradise Fields near Horsenden Hill. By the 21st the pond had defrosted. I kept trying to get better pictures of the Shovelers but they were keeping well away from me alas. On the 23rd a flock of Goldfinches visited the garden in Kenton. The first time I've seen them here. I tried to get photos but light levels were poor and they didn't stay for long.
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| Grey Heron standing on ice. | Coots on ice next to a hole. | Cheeky Bluetit knocking snow onto me from above. | Pair of Male Shovelers. | Coots. | |
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| More pictures of the Shovelers. | Parakeet. | Great Tit singing loudly just above me. | |||
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| Two long range attempts at photographing a fast moving Goldfinch in Kenton in poor light conditions. | A better (still long range) Shoveler shot showing the green tint to its head. | Grey Heron. The first time I've seen one away from water. | Moorhen. | Mallard ducks. | |