101 viewssadly a dead specimen found @ Nicky Nook
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Dead Men's Fingers71 viewsAlcyonium digitatum - a type of soft coral , collected from the beach near Rossall, Fleetwood.
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Dead Men's Fingers61 viewsAlcyonium digitatum - a type of soft coral , collected from the beach near Rossall, Fleetwood.
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Dead Men's Fingers63 viewsAlcyonium digitatum - a type of soft coral , collected from the beach near Rossall, Fleetwood.
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Kestrel105 viewsI disturbed this Kestrel, which was at the side of the path @ Marton Mere nature reserve Blackpool, feeding on a dead Blackbird, the Kestrel took flight with the Blackbird hanging from it's talons, but it must have been too heavy for it as it dropped it, then perched nearby waiting for me to leave. It wouldn't return whilst I was in the vicinity so the best photo I managed was this one - taken through the branches of a bush. :-(
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Stoat104 viewssee the two shots aside of a stoat with it's prey, which is a Redwing, the Stoat dropped the Redwing when it saw me, I moved back a safe distance & when I returned to check the Redwing had gone, so the stoat had obviously returned & carried off it's spoils.
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Yellow Dung Fly87 viewsThis Dung Fly appears to have been a victim of Entomophthora muscae fungus, which, "once the fungus is inside the fly it grows into the brain, causing a change in behavior.
Instead of acting normally, the fly crawls as high as possible on the branch, flower, stem or leaf it is on, spreads out its legs, stretches opens its wings and angles the abdomen away from the surface. This position improves the chances of the fungal spores leaving the dead fly and infecting new hosts"
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