Picture(s) of the day....

[myglaren]

Just been watching one of these in my garden.
A 'Bee Fly" apparently. New one for me.
Didn't have a camera and it was gone by the time I fetched one.

[bobins]

One for the Lepidopterists club - a camouflaged stick

Moth thingy - own work

[NewcastleFalcon]

Joins the Moth gallery of POTD

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Up over and back down (the border)

Regards Neil

[Gibbo2286]

Must put my glasses on before looking, I read that signpost as pointing to Dung.

[mickthemaverick]

Easily dung Gibbo!!

[myglaren]

What seems to be an Elephant Hawk Moth clatterpillar, busy chewing up my polyanthuses.

A step up from all the 'orrible slugs and snails.

I have a packet of anti-slug & snail flower seeds. Hope they banish the slimy buggers into next doors garden.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Been to Alnmouth many many times but never walked the path to the North of the Village, overlooking the appropriately names Alnmouth Village Golf Club, and the full vista of the Coast all the way down to Amble, and Coquet Island, as well as the circuitous flow of the River Aln out into the North Sea. Tide was out and the river could be easily waded/run across across from one side to the other with the water barely reaching over your ankles.

Bit of a hazy vista through the lens, but pretty clear in real life. Gorgeous day, lovely scene.

REgards Neil

[myglaren]

Is that with a phone Neil?
If it is a 'normal' camera, a polarising lens will reduce that haze considerably.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Is that with a phone Neil?
If it is a 'normal' camera, a polarising lens will reduce that haze considerably.

Just a point and click compact Steve, bit hitty-missy and with the glare on the display screen bit tricky to get a decent shot today.

REgards Neil

[myglaren]

Not a lot of scope to use a polafilter then. Can be done but a fiddle.

[NewcastleFalcon]

POTD Ornithology Club

This is a Tree Sparrow. Not only because its in a tree, but because it is the very much rarer of the sparrows in the UK, rarely seen, and rarely recognised. Its the one with the chestnut cap, It is a Tree Sparrow.

Ce n'est pas une Sparrow de la maison
C'est une sparrow de l'arbre

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

POTD Ornithology Club

This is a Tree Sparrow. Not only because its in a tree, but because it is the very much rarer of the sparrows in the UK, rarely seen, and rarely recognised. Its the one with the chestnut cap, It is a Tree Sparrow.



Regards Neil

Interesting, we have three pairs of sparrows jostling for goodies in our garden and two of the males have the chestnut cap while the other one is just fawn coloured. All three females (I'm told by SWMBO who knows these things ) are similarly coloured fawnish heads!!

[mickthemaverick]

Just a blatant ad for the Xantia Activa Clare is selling as I posted her pictures for her yesterday but I suspect this thread may have more viewers!

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[NewcastleFalcon]

Seen at least 2 Schools now, one in the borders, one in Northumberland with the roadside pencils.

Anyone else noticed the pencil posts near schools phenomenon?

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I have never seen or even heard of the existence of this camera before, but it turns out they were very popular in the 50's and there are a few on ebay. Nevertheless worth a posting on POTDPOTDPOTD I thought!!

BFTW

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