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Writing tagged: ‘photographs’

How the wheatear got its name

...Including my mum's incorrect etymology.

Published 23-Sep-2010
Filed under: Blog Tags: birds, etymology, nature waiting, photographs, wheatears

Swallows feeding their young

Photos of a pair of swallows feeding their young on the power-line outside my house this evening.

Published 04-Jul-2010
Filed under: Blog Tags: birds, hirundo rustica, photographs, swallows

Ethereal nature

In which I rather naively try to photograph bats in my back garden.

Published 15-Jun-2010
Filed under: Blog Tags: bats, mammals, photographs, stense

Cold snap

A seasonal photo of a robin, taken on my traditional Christmas Eve walk yesterday.

Published 25-Dec-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: birds, Erithacus rubecula, photographs, robins

Oystercatchers

Photo of a flock of oystercatchers in Anglesey.

Published 18-Oct-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: anglesey, birds, oystercatchers, photographs, waders

Darwin's wen

How Darwin's facial blemish can help you spot when his image has been reversed.

Published 15-Aug-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: charles darwin, photographs

Darwin's beetles

The University of Cambridge Zoological Museum has a rather wonderful box of beetle specimens collected by Charles Darwin when he was at the university. Here are some photos.

Published 18-Jul-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: beetles, cambridge, charles darwin, darwin correspondence, entomology, photographs

Darwin's octopus

Photo of an octopus collected by Charles Darwin in the Cape Verde Islands.

Published 16-Jul-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: beagle voyage, cephalopods, charles darwin, darwin correspondence, john stevens henslow, octopuses, photographs

Finally, a half-decent swallow photo!

It's taken me ages, but I got there eventually!

Published 27-Jun-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: birds, hirundo rustica, photographs, swallows

Fledglings

Pied wagtail fledglings spotted on my back lawn.

Published 13-Jun-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: birds, photographs

Not exactly a toothy grin

Charles Darwin smiles!

Published 19-Jan-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: charles darwin, photographs, william darwin

Parr for the course

Darwin's beetle collection photo by Martin Parr.

Published 03-Nov-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: beetles, charles darwin, insects, photographs

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