Daily Archives: August 10, 2015

Cornflowers

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A threatening grey sky cannot defeat this low level shot portraying the magical colour of cornflowers speckled with the occasional poppy.  This sea of blue was noted whilst driving along the M25 and had to be visited whilst the opportunity remained.

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Mandarin Ducks

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Here are further shots of Mandarin ducks taken at the Grand Union Canal near Wendover, Buckinghamshire

Mandarin Duck
Mandarin Duck
Mandarin Duck
Mandarin Duck
Mandarin Duck
Mr & Mrs Mandarin

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A Puffin Beakful

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Here are a few shots of puffins with beakfuls of goodies for their hungry pufflings taken on Staple Island, Inner Farne.  These  puffins were the lucky ones as most returning with beakfuls of sand eels bore the brunt of the much larger and sand eel-thieving gulls. ‘Tis a hard life indeed.

Puffin with a beakful
Puffin with sand eels
Puffin with a beakful
Puffin with sand eels
Puffin with a beakful

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