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Common (European) starling (sturnus vulgaris)

Your photos are just lovely. Particularly love your bird photography!

Thank you! I'd like to take photo's of more kinds of animals, especially wild mammals, but birds are just so accessible; they're everywhere. I have some mobility issues too so I can't go yomping around tracking deer and things like I used to. Maybe one day.

The floofiest floof to ever floof!

European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Black headed gulls (chroicocephalus ridibundus) ride the sea breeze.

Another White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus Lucorum) for you.

European robin (erithacus rubecula)

Status: Least concern

European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) (zoom in and find the bonus earwig!)

Blue tit (Cyanistes Caeruleus)

Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

Grey heron (ardea cinerea)

European Stonechat (saxicola rubicola)

Canada goose (branta canadensis) ((HONK!))

Wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus)

This cute little bugger was hiding in the back of my shed, managed to get a (high ISO) shot before leaving her/him alone.

Ice crystals formed on a spiderweb.

I ordered some extension tubes for macro work, to replace the finicky reversed-lens method, and they happened to arrive on a day we had freezing fog. I couldn't resist having a play out in the cold with them and I must say I'm impressed with their ease of use compared to the reversed lens, (for reference see the woodlouse picture below) although I think there is more chromatic aberration. More experiments are needed but I'm pleased with these shots as a starting point.

May I offer you a frog in these trying times?

European common frog (Rana temporaria)