Amateur wildlife photographer. Entomology and nature enthusiast. Olympus camera gear. School science technician. Veganist. Dysgwyr Cymraeg π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ±πΈ
Joined August 2020
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2 Jul 2024
I think Iβve decided that I wonβt delete my Twitter accounts, but Iβm going to park my @LaughingGravy71 account and keep this one. I need to focus on the things that make me happy and that Iβm passionate about. Nature photography is one of those things. Have some spiders π
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Puffin in flight.
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6 Aug 2024
Little Jenny Wren on a leaning tree trunk. π
Good morning to all the good people! πππ¦
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I think we need to fill our timelines with amazing beautiful animals to cheer this place up.
I'll start with this hedgehog in autumn leaves. π¦π
Over to you, get posting and sharing and sharing amazing and beautiful animals.
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5 Aug 2024
Facing my dew phobia face on, well not really this is back onπ€anyway.
Loads of dewy goodness and frustration in this one to keep me screaming at the PC and helicon for not just sorting it, my god, can you not just know how shakey I amπ do better programmers.
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4 Aug 2024
Emerald damselfly dew soaked 5am shoot, 59 image stacked images.
@ClaypitsLnr @BBCScotlandNews @CommuniGALLANT @WildlifeMag
#onodata #damselfly #insect #macrophotography
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27 Jul 2024
βDonβt shoot! Iβm unarmed!β Itβs true, they are; they have legs, not arms. So I shot them anyway. Photographically, obviously π #OMSYSTEM @OMSYSTEMcameras #macrophotography
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Saved at the last second!
A very attentive farmer in the town of Euskirchen (near Bonn) discovered a Marsh harrier's nest during the wheat harvest yesterday evening.
He was able to bring the combine harvester to a halt literally at the last metre β¦
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26 Jul 2024
A rather splendid Gorse Orb Weaver (Agalenatea redii), from a couple of weeks back. Mwynhewch π #macrophotography #omsystem @BritishSpiders @OMSYSTEMcameras
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25 Jul 2024
A rather moody sawfly for your consideration this Thursday. A right bugger to expose at a level I could work with, but I got there in the end π
ππΌ @OMSYSTEMcameras #insect #InsectThursday
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23 Jul 2024
My first ever flight shot of a little owl, and the chicks are practising their hunting skills. Only 22cm tall but a wingspan of 56cm @Hawkandowluk @Natures_Voice @BBCSpringwatch @BTO_Shropshire @ShropsWildlife @BTO_GBW @OMSYSTEMcameras @SWNS @sosbirds
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23 Jul 2024
I had the camera on a tripod, pre-focused on the leafcutter bee nest hole, hoping for an in-flight shot. When waiting for her, another female bee and a Ruby-tailed Wasp also turned-up. This is a composite of 3 shots. I THINK the little bee may be Osmia leaiana? #Bees
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22 Jul 2024
Eye eye, beak careful! This little puffin has their eye on you! Just saying π #OMSYSTEM #birdphotography #birds
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21 Jul 2024
These incredible White-barred clearwings were found at Ystradfawr! π¦π
These moths lack scales in parts of their wings, making them look transparent. This helps them to mimic flies and wasps to deter predators!
#NationalMothWeek #Moths
ALT A White-bared clearwing moth on a leaf.
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19 Jul 2024
This wee forest bug - Pentatoma rufipes - was blowing about in the wind too much to nail the focus properly to stack, but the resulting shallow DoF really draws your eye to the, er, eyes π @OMSYSTEMcameras #macro #macrophotography
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19 Jul 2024
Meet Marjory. Marjory campaigns passionately for the safe passage of all puffins against the tyranny of the Great Black-backed Gull. To relax, Marjory enjoys inventing new ways to cook with sand eels. Her recipes are very popular in the burrows of @skomer_island π
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16 Jul 2024
Is it just me, or does a puffin's beak look like itβs been stitched on to its face? π
This one is starting to come loose and it needs to see the beak stitcher to get it tightened up a bit.
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15 Jul 2024
A very teeny and very tiny shield bug nymph, possibly a bronze shield bug (Troilus luridus). I lost it after taking the 1st photo, but then I found it crawling on my arm π
ππΌ At least you get the sense of scale. #OMSYSTEM #macrophotography
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14 Jul 2024
I believe this is a Long Winged Cone-head cricket - Conocephalus fuscus, wot I found on my macro walk yesterday. Theyβre very shy critters, so I consider myself lucky to have got this shot π
ππΌ #insect #insects #macrophotography #omsystem
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