@DavidClappPhoto
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Orange Tip #Caterpillar head shot. Worcs. @BC_WestMids @savebutterflies @BBCSpringwatch @ukbutterflies @WorcsWT #orangetip
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No mistaking this UK orchid - the coastal form of Early Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata var. coccinea). They glow exceptionally in the June sunshine - these ones are from a magical visit to Brauntons Burrows on 11.06.23.
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Andy Rogers@withylake14 Jun 2023
Lovely to see over 40 Pyramidal Orchids (Anacamptis pyramidalis ) including one white one at Dawlish Warren tonight. Mostly scorched by the sun but numbers up on last year. Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) starting to flower ... @ukorchids @WarrenBirding
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A lovely couple of choughs watching the sunset with me a few weeks ago #chough #Cornwall
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A glorious delicate white variant of a bee orchid @ukorchids @BritishOrchidCo
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Andy Rogers@withylake9 Jun 2023
I'm officially in love 💜💛🤎 with Ophrys apifera f.bicolor @ukorchids
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Andy Rogers@withylake12 Jun 2023
Wow...surprised to find Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) and Marsh Fragrant (Gymnadenia densiflora) Orchids flowering already in East Devon. Summer is here! 😎 @ukorchids @VincentBlood7
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Andy Rogers@withylake9 Jun 2023
A rather lovely Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) day in Dorset today. [f.belgarum; f.bicolor ❣️ & f.trolli]. 😍 @ukorchids
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Andy Rogers@withylake7 Jun 2023
A few of the 28 new to me sepaloid brown lipped Bee Orchids (Ophrys apifera) gracing a couple of Exeter roundabouts 🤎 @ukorchids
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The struggle is real out there! Had view today of a downy jumping spider predating a fly It was going to stop still so did video rather than trying to stack... Apologies for the deep breathing but doing these big mag videos handheld is tricky :) @BritishSpiders @Tone_Killick
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15/5/23 Northern England - I forced myself out this evening and it’s safe to say it was the best decision I’ve taken in ages. My daughter and I sat with this amazing Lady’s Slipper #Orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) for over an hour #wildflowerhour
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Yellow Wagtail, very adept at balancing on the tops of these stems.
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So great things come in small packages sometimes , immaculate Fly / Bee Hybrid on Selsley Common Gloucestershire this afternoon @ukorchids @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany
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Ian Senior@Ians4AD10 May 2023
Fantastic find of this very rare species in the UK
Andy Overall@fungitobewith10 May 2023
Artomyces pyxidata Candelabra Coral Picked up during survey work at Hounslow Heath yesterday. A very rare species in Britain, fruiting on decorticated, well rotten, deciduous logs, currently of unknown origin. It had 1st been recorded from the same spot in 2022. New to Middlesex
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A Hummingbird Hawk Moth sipping an energy drink. I think that's what I needed after trying to photograph one. Please note: drinking straw comes pre-fitted.
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IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALLIIIVVE!!! Orchis mascula var. frankensteinii in Dorset 30.04.23. What a beautiful beast of an Early Purple Orchid😊
This is known as fasciated growth. Fasciation can be seen quite a few plants e.g. Dandelions, Daisies, Viper's Bugloss. It can be caused by several factors such as virus, genetic mutation, physical damage to a growing tip or insects. Strange thing is I had a repeated, strong urge to touch this plant. Then I realised it's just like the Human League song 'Keep Feeling Fasciation...'

ALT This is known as fasciated growth. Fasciation can be seen quite a few plants e.g. Dandelions, Daisies, Viper's Bugloss. It can be caused by several factors such as virus, genetic mutation, physical damage to a growing tip or insects. Strange thing is I had a repeated, strong urge to touch this plant. Then I realised it's just like the Human League song 'Keep Feeling Fasciation...'

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Incoming! Nest building swallow diving through the hole in the barn door. 1/5000 second did the trick! @Natures_Voice @OMSYSTEMcameras #BBCWildlifePOTD #appicoftheweek @ShropsWildlife @nationaltrust @BPOTY @graffeg_books
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Want to take and blend focus-stacked images? Christian Ziegler, @MattDoogue and @DavidClappPhoto explain how you can use this technique to create jaw-dropping landscapes and fantastic macro nature shots 🏔 canon.sm/3i4S3aP
An icy landscape with a mountain in the background and the northern lights in the sky, with broken ice in the foreground.

ALT An icy landscape with a mountain in the background and the northern lights in the sky, with broken ice in the foreground.

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EP-1@Bedfontbird12 Jul 2021
A very early front runner for the colony. Narrow lipped helleborine @brianh4951 @Britainsorchids @ukorchids @Love_plants @FishMushy @Mike_Waller_ @GhostlyVision @OlympusUK
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BirdGuides@BirdGuides30 Jun 2021
Some positive news to start the day – France's top administrative court has formally banned the use of glue traps to hunt birds: bit.ly/3hl0COi
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