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Sankey and to South Peninsula High School, our partner school in Cape Town,
South Africa.
Earth or Mars? Which is which? APOD Apr 2005
Take-off pattern of a large bumble bee!
Red-legged partridges (Alectoris Rufa) seen in a garden in St Helens,
Lancs, outside their
normal UK distribution area. (376)
Goldfinch: Carduelis Carduelis
normal UK
distribution area (375)
Robin: Erithacus rubecula
normal UK
distribution area (377)
Bumble bee - he was weak and we fed him some honey (356, 357, 358)
Bumble bee showing proboscis quite clearly (359)
Fly on cherry blossom
(353, 354, 355)
Fly on Scottish Thistle
Dandelion seed heads Taraxacum officinale
Bee pollinating sunflower
Lionesses have breakfast in the Masai Mara, Kenya
House fly: an exquisitely engineered flying machine!
Hoverfly: Volucella bombylans
Snail on human skin
Wasp: Vespula vulgaris
Female Damsel Fly Coenagrion puella
Earwig: Forficula auricularia
Minke Whale feeding, Arisaig, Scotland, Credit and copyright Viewfinder
pictures, used with permission
Minke Whale feeding,
Arisaig, Scotland, Credit and copyright Viewfinder
pictures, used with permission
Moon jellyfish: Aurelia Aurita
Tom the tabby cat feeling safe squashed into a briefcase
Sparrowhawk attacking blackbird
Sparrowhawk attacking blackbird - no flash
Giraffe at Chester Zoo
Red Admiral butterfly
Ostrich at Chester Zoo
Sitatunga at Chester Zoo
Peacock at Chester Zoo
Baby Rhino at Chester Zoo