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  • Photo: Firecrest collecting nesting material

    I had my first visit to Arne and I had the most amazing time. My first ever images of a Firecrest. Wow!!!!!!!!!! they are beautiful. Picture Arne 2012 competition entry.
  • Photo: Firecrest with nesting material.

  • Photo: Firecrest.

    Firecrest singing a closer crop.
  • Photo: Firecrest.

    I had my first visit to Arne and I had the most amazing time. My first ever images of a Firecrest. Wow!!!!!!!!!! they are beautiful. Picture Arne 2012 competition entry.
  • Photo: Firecrest.

    My first ever visit to Arne what an amazing place. This image was taken after it had just had a fight with another Firecrest and you can just about see some feathers still in it's mouth. Picture Arne 2012 competition entry.
  • Photo: Hobby Prey

    Hobby, with what I think is a large moth in its grasp. RSPB Arne, Dorset, UK. 09/06/11.
  • Photo: Sleepy Head

    Queen wasp (Vespula germanica) recently emerged from hibernation. Arne, Dorset, UK. Found this beautiful creature on a pile of old railway sleepers in a sheltered sunny spot, busy cleaning her antennae. She looked a little befuddled still. Overwintered queens start searching for nest sites in mid...
  • Photo: Spider-Hunting Wasp

    A spider hunting wasp (Anoplius viaticus?) with paralysed prey on heathland. Arne, Dorset, UK.
  • Photo: Wood Ants and Aphids

    Wood ants tending to aphids on gorse. Arne, Dorset, UK. I can't be sure that this was an example of mutualism in action but the ants didn't show any signs of aggression during the time that I watched. I returned 2 days later and they were still in attendance. Ants are known to feed off...
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