Michelle Paul
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#Bird and #insect #photography 📸 I'm a tech geek and relish 80s pop music! 🤓 All photos are my own and are taken on a #Nikon #Z6ii
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Happy Friday! I’ve managed to find a small lake in France with a pair of Kingfishers! I setup a portable hide and spent some time observing them yesterday. I was impressed how this Kingfisher swallowed this large newt, whole! 💙🧡💙
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I’ve spent a long time trying to photograph a male Orange Tip! They never seem to stop for a minute, but today was my lucky day! 🦋🧡🦋
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Good morning! I couldn’t believe this Hare didn’t see me! I was standing still like a tree (lol) and it started running towards me. Surely it’s seen me? But no, it stopped at my feet. Once I’d gratefully taken its photo, it then realised I wasn’t a tree and ran away! So happy 🐰
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This is probably my favourite shot of the Bohemian Waxwings I spotted on Sunday. The final pose before they flew off into a distant tree. Happy Tuesday everyone 🧡
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Happy Tuesday! Talk about a beauty on a bed of thorns! This Goldfinch was absolutely stunning sitting out in the sunshine. Just gorgeous ❤️💛❤️
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GM! Well this was a surprise to see! I could see the leaves moving beneath my feet and up popped this male Common Cockchafer. Just look at that face and his antennae 🧡🧡
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Good morning and welcome to the weekend! As I was leaving the park, a charm of Goldfinches decided to snack on the thistle seeds. They completely ignored me and carried on eating so I managed this super photo of one of them. Such beauties ❤️
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Good morning! I’m back after a few days away for a friend’s wedding! Just look at the gorgeous colours on this Lapwing. What colourful birds ❤️❤️
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I have taken many butterfly photos but this one of a Small Skipper is probably my favourite of them all! Taken in France last week 🦋
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Good afternoon! I went for a walk in my local park this afternoon. There were so many Robins, singing away, some making nests! This was my favourite ❤️❤️
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Good morning everyone. I hope you have a wonderful Saturday! I thought this Magpie looked so majestic sitting in the tree with it’s long tail showing beautifully 🖤
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Good morning! I was definitely spotted by this Mistle Thrush! What a beauty, just look at those markings 🤎
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And then this happened! My first day in France and this was completely unexpected. Apparently it’s a broad-bordered bee hawk-moth. So beautiful ❤️
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GM! Wishing you all a Happy Saturday! Here’s a male Siskin from yesterday. What lovely birds 💛 Good seeing
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Happy Tuesday! I managed to get out with my camera yesterday morning before the rain and was very happy to see this Green Woodpecker.
I often hear them but rarely see them as they are so well disguised in long grass and trees! 💚
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Good morning and welcome to the weekend! One of the sweetest little birds in the UK, the Wren. Such a gorgeous ball of fluff! 🤎
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Good morning! I love the red faces of Goldfinches. Such colourful birds! Have a super Wednesday everyone ❤️
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Good morning! This beautiful Goldfinch landed on this berry tree for a split second, just enough time for me to click! 📸❤️
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Good morning! I love how Robins are so inquisitive. This little one came and sat in front of me for ages. They really are the photographer’s friend! ❤️
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I ventured out to find a Green Hairstreak & found this one basking in the sunshine 👏🏻 It was so much smaller than I had expected! Another one off my list! 🦋💚
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Good morning everyone. Have a super Sunday whatever you’re doing! Here’s a lovely female Siskin to start your
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It’s Friday! Looks like we’re in for some rainy weather later today! ☔️ Luckily the sun was shining on this colourful Lapwing ☀️
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Good morning! I nearly missed this Grey Heron as it was sitting so very high up in the tree, catching the afternoon sun ☀️ I think they’re amazing birds. So big but so graceful 🩶
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Good evening! Every time I see Coots I have to giggle at their feet. They always look way too big for them👇🏻🤭
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It’s Thursday and it’s forecast to rain all day so here’s a beautiful Blue Tit to lift the mood! Such terrific, bright little birds 💙💛
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GM! I went back to watch the Goldfinches bathing. This time they were closer! Look how fluffy they are after a wash! ❤️❤️
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Good morning! We have such adorable birds in the UK. This has to be a favourite, just look at the colours, not forgetting it’s cute eye mask!
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Good morning everyone and Happy Friday! ❤️
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I decided to spend an hour at my local park today to photograph the butterflies. I cannot tell you how excited I was when I looked at my photos and saw this green-eyed flower bee! A first for me! 🐝
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Good morning! Chaffinches are such adorable, delicate birds. Just look at this beautiful female 🤎
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Good morning!! Yesterday I did a little garden photography. Look at this absolute beauty who paid me a visit with their friend 🦊🤎
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Good morning! Here’s one of seven Egyptian goslings that were on the path at my local park yesterday. They never fail to put a smile on my face. They are just way too cute 🥰
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Good morning! I was unexpectedly rewarded on the way back to my car yesterday evening with this wonderful buzzard soaring directly above my head. What a beauty! 🤎🤎
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Happy Friday! In honour of my little friend yesterday, here’s one of it hanging out in the tree and not on my camera! It really is such a sweet little Robin ❤️
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A gorgeous green Woodpecker posing in the spring sunshine.
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Good morning! One of my favourite birds to photograph. Female chaffinches have such delicate, understated beauty compared to the bright, vibrant males. They are such adorable birds 🤎
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Good morning! Often overlooked, Dunnocks are lovely little birds. Look at his beautiful feathers 🤎 This one was definitely singing for his supper in top voice! 🎵
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Good afternoon! This stunning Dunnock was singing away on top of a hedge yesterday. Believe it or not, I actually couldn’t see it as I thought it was in a tree, not literally right under my nose 😂
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Good morning and Happy Friday. It’s hard to believe the weather was so beautiful when I took this Robin photo a few weeks ago, when all I see is ☔️ out of my window now! Hope you all have a wonderful day ❤️
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Good morning everyone! After two days of rest due to getting Covid (for the third time!), it’s good to be back! Hope you all have a lovely Tuesday ❤️
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Good evening! Hope you’ve had a super day! I can’t wait to see these little beauties again this year. They are just the cutest owls 🦉☺️
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Good morning! It’s wet, windy and cold again down here ☔️ Luckily the sun was shining brightly when I photographed this beautiful Jay. Those blue feathers get me every time 💙
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I find bird photography in rural France a lot harder than in the UK. There are so many tall, dense trees for them to hide in! However I got lucky as I was leaving the woods yesterday as this Marsh Tit was feasting in a blossom tree. First time seeing one! 🤍
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Good morning! It’s Wednesday and very dull in Kent so what better than a little Robin to add a splash of colour to the day ❤️
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Good morning! It’s the weekend and typically it’s pouring with rain 😂 ☔️
Luckily the sun was shining brightly when I took this Grey Wagtail’s photo. It was absolutely stunning 🩶💛🩶
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Welcome to Sunday ❤️ I’ve seen so many Robins singing at the top of their voices recently, presumably attracting mates. I could watch and listen to them all day, they are such adorable little birds 🥰🎶
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Good morning! What an encounter I had with this beautiful Mistle Thrush yesterday. I have only ever seen them at my local park, and this one stopped to pose for a while before joining its partner. Simply beautiful birds 🤎🤎
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My first Banded demoiselle of the year at my local park today! They are back 💚
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Good morning! This ring-necked Parakeet may think it’s well hidden in the tree but I don’t think so 😂💚
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Good morning and welcome to Sunday! This is my first Chiffchaff of the year. Spring is on the way 🌼💛
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Happy Tuesday! This crow was giving me fierce attitude!! I was minding my own business when it decided to strut towards me to check out what I was up to! What confidence 😂
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Good morning! My neighbour has a beautiful olive tree that overhangs into my garden. This allows me to photograph some beautiful looking birds up close, like this stunning Starling! 🖤💛🖤
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Good morning and Happy Sunday! What a stunning male Chaffinch (and I think he knows it)! They really are beautiful little birds and I’m always grateful to get a photo of them 🧡
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I'm sorry for my lack of consistent posting/commenting recently. Life has become so busy but I promise to try and get back on track! I appreciate all your comments and will always reply, however late!
This beautiful honey bee was really enjoying the lavender in my garden 🐝🪻☀️
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Happy weekend 😃 I do love capturing these shy birds. Kingfishers have such wonderful colours and markings 🧡💙
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Happy Sunday! Well this little female Sparrow looked super cute (and tiny!) hanging out on the cow parsley. I just managed to get her photo before she flew off into the distance. Special moments 💛
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Happy Saturday! It was wonderful to see one of the local Robins' offspring. It appreciated the mealworms I brought with me and posed perfectly like its parents! What a little cutie 🥰🧡!
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GM! Our large cherry tree has almost no fruit left, in two days! The birds are loving it 🍒 This Blackbird swallowed this cherry whole!
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Good morning! This Red Kite literally landed next to me. Of course I didn’t have my camera 🤦♀️ I grabbed it out of the boot but by then it had flown quite a distance. This is the best I could manage but it was a wonderful moment!
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Good morning. No wonder Sedge Warblers are so loud! I don’t think that beak can open any wider 😀 Have a fab Thursday 🤎
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Happy July! I was so thrilled to be able to photograph this juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker. We are surrounded by such beautiful birds, let’s never take them for granted ❤️❤️
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Good morning! This Common Buzzard was circling right above my head yesterday. Their wingspan never ceases to amaze me 😮🤎
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It’s been a long day so an early night is in order for me! I’ll leave you with this close up of a Grey Squirrel for
#SquirrelAppreciationDay
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Good morning! Yesterday I set out very early to catch a glimpse of the visiting Cuckoo at our local nature reserve. With beautiful blue skies and not a soul around, I had a 20 minute serenade by this beauty. What a fantastic bird! 🩶🩶
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Happy Sunday! This male Great Spotted Woodpecker was hanging precariously from this twig, trying to feast on something. I don’t know how it didn’t fall off! ☺️❤️🖤
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Good morning! I may return to the Waxwings but for today, I want to share this stunning, little Blue Tit with you. It was looking so very dapper! Happy Wednesday 💛💙
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Good morning! What a precious moment to watch. Daddy Chaffinch was being so attentive, feeding his young while Mum took a well earned rest! 🧡🧡
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Good morning! What a wonderful time of year! Happy birds singing their little hearts out! Add in sunshine and a bright blue sky and it’s perfect! ☀️ Just like this Goldfinch ❤️
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GM! This is by far the best photograph of a Long-Tailed Tit I've ever taken! They are my favourite bird, and I don't get enough chances to photograph them!
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Good morning and welcome to the weekend! I had already missed this Little Egret in another part of the park when it flew off. Luckily I spotted it again in a nearby tree. This is probably the closest I’ve managed to get to one!
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Good morning! This could be the smartest Blue Tit I’ve seen! What an absolute beauty 🩵💛 This one decided to balance on one leg and puff up for the camera!
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Happy Saturday! What a fabulous time of year. This Great Spotted woodpecker mother was so attentive, feeding her young fledgling!
(Please note this photo was taken from a distance and cropped!)
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Good afternoon! I caught this Song Thrush enjoying the early morning sunshine. They have such wonderful markings 🤎
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GM! This Song Thrush at my local park was singing so beautifully 🎵 I just stood still listening, nature is so good for the soul 🤎
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Good morning! It’s always great to see the Whitethroat when it comes to visit the UK. They are such lovely birds, with a gorgeous song 🎶 Enjoy your Monday ☀️
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A male Green Woodpecker having a good old dig for ants!
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Welcome to Tuesday! I have never taken a Grey Wagtail from this angle before and didn’t realise how long their tails actually are! Such a pretty bird 💛
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A Stock Dove from last week, when the sky was bursting blue! This type of dove has a nice ring of iridescent green on it’s neck 💚
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It’s Thursday and I haven’t posted a Robin for a while (I have way too many Robin photos!). This is one of the very tame ones at my local park. Most of them will feed from your hand! Such adorable birds ❤️
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Good morning everyone! Birds sure do know how to get the best of the sunshine! Look at this Grey Heron, standing tall at the very top of the tree getting those beautiful rays ☀️🩶
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Good morning and welcome to the start of another new week! I am always excited to spot a Kingfisher. What stunningly beautiful birds 💙🧡
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Good morning! It was a pleasure to watch two Great Spotted Woodpeckers making a nest (from a distance of course!). I really love this time of year 🖤❤️
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It’s Sunday and I hope you all get some time to relax, like this sweet female Chaffinch 💛
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Good evening! I just found a number of photos from a trip I took on my Birthday last year! Look at the colour of this Lapwing flying in the sunshine ☀️
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This is the only photo I've taken of a fencepost jumping spider 🕷️ They're just too cute! I can't wait to dust off my macro lens this year! 📸
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It’s Friday and we’re in March! Not long until the clocks change, meaning lighter evenings 👏🏻 What a great pose from this Dunnock! Quite the supermodel 😆🤎
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Good morning! This Grey Wagtail was braving the cold weather and having a dip! I’ll wait until summer 😊 🥶
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GM! The beautiful, cute, little Reed Warbler. Such a wonderful little bird, with the most amazing song 🎶 This one popped up and started singing at the top of it’s voice. I could have listened all day 🤎
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Happy Thursday! It’s all about me me me!!
Just look how hard this Robin was posing for me to take his photo! Gorgeous little thing 🧡🧡
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Good morning! Blackbirds have such gorgeous feathers 🪶 This male kept his eye fixed firmly on me while I was taking his photo! 🖤
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Until this week I’d never seen a Ringlet butterfly then as I went to leave the park yesterday, this pristine one was settled on a leaf. They really are such beauties, I love the white piping around the wings! 🦋
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Happy Sunday! It was a dark, dreary day but I managed to get a quick long-distance snap of this beauty before they were gone! I waited another hour but they didn’t show again 💙🧡
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Welcome to Thursday! This Little Egret was fishing in the shadows at my local lake yesterday. I could watch them all day, I find them so fascinating. They have an understated beauty 🤍
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My search for a stationary Marbled White butterfly to photograph is finally over! This one stopped for a whole five seconds, for which I was immensely grateful 😁🦋🩷
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A wonderful memory of my recent trip to France, a beautiful Granville Fritillary butterfly. I can’t wait to go back to see more of them!
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