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  1. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    From a wildlife photographer friend in Leeds.. Paul Miguel, I will put some more of his up from time to time..
     
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    Wonderful shot - I do like a good wildlife picture...

    She'll be right mate.PNG
     
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    Very post-modern.
     
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    Cool!
     
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    Post-bushfire I think...
     
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    Wow... so post-appopopoclpolyrpttticic ......
     
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    Post - macropodiformes...
     
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    The new post humanoids........
     
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    So you can't go for a drink with him atm, so it would have to be San Miguel!

    <sorry>
     
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    No - there's only one new post humanoid - Michael Gove.

    Here he is on his new post - doesn't know how he got there, doesn't know how to get down and doesn't know what he's doing there...

    turtle on a post.jpg
     
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    <doh>

    :laugh::laugh:
     
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    Terrific. Not seen that before. <ok>
     
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    Mm.? Oxford?
     
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    Gravelly voice, yorkshire. From the pit of your stomach.
     
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    A Camberwell Beauty taken in my field yesterday. There were two of them, and they don't settle for long. Managed to get this picture on my very cheap phone,
     
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    Pretty. Not one I immediately recognise. <ok>
     
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    They are rarely seen in the UK andy. They are larger than the photo really shows and do overwinter in Europe. Last year was the first time I had seen one here, so to see the two of them up to a spot of hanky panky is a rarity. It is reckoned that they can fly at 30 mph.
     
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    I did read online that it is the ‘state insect’ of Montana! Lovely title to confer.
    I think we could think of a ‘state insect’ or two over here as well! <laugh>
     
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