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Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus) feeding in holly tree. RSPB Arne, Dorset, UK. Unsurprisingly the UK's smallest bird feeds on something infinitesimally smaller still. In close-up it looks like insect larvae of some variety.

Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus) in holly tree. RSPB Arne car park, Dorset, UK. Extraordinary, busy little birds. Only an ultra-slow video sequence would do them justice, but that would also require the world's fastest cameraman.

White sika deer at Arne. 27/02/11.

Avocets on the Middlebere channel from Arne. Poole Harbour, Dorset, UK.

Avocets on the Middlebere channel from Arne. Poole Harbour, Dorset, UK. 12/01/11. They drew steadily nearer to the shore as the light began to fade.

Avocets at the mouth of the Middlebere channel from Arne late in the afternoon. Poole Harbour, Dorset, UK. 12/01/11.

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) atop a sunflower head on the habitat-managed winter finch trail at RSPB Arne. 11/01/11.