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Post by rowanberry on May 10, 2021 16:48:27 GMT
Yesterday we went to see the bluebell woods in East London... I wasn't able to get any good bird photos, other than these two parent swans carefully shepherding their single cygnet with great care. I did hear a chiff-chaff and briefly did see a wren, but it was so crowded! Everyone was taking full advantage of the chance to be out on a warm spring day and enjoy the bluebells, (which were already just past their best- not surprising, since they'd had no rain for nearly the whole of April.) These were the best out of the photos I was able to take- fern korus do make such good macro photos! (and I'm not sure... but are the bluebells in the second close-up photo of the Spanish variety rather than the English? I thought they look slightly different, and were growing in a different location.) Swimming Swans May 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr Fern Koru May 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr Bluebells May 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr 01 Bluebells May 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr 02 Bluebells May 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
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Post by ianr on May 11, 2021 7:29:35 GMT
Lovely pictures rowenberry especially the fern ian
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Post by faith on May 17, 2021 8:03:27 GMT
Yesterday we went to see the bluebell woods in East London... I wasn't able to get any good bird photos, other than these two parent swans carefully shepherding their single cygnet with great care. I did hear a chiff-chaff and briefly did see a wren, but it was so crowded! Everyone was taking full advantage of the chance to be out on a warm spring day and enjoy the bluebells, (which were already just past their best- not surprising, since they'd had no rain for nearly the whole of April.) These were the best out of the photos I was able to take- fern korus do make such good macro photos! (and I'm not sure... but are the bluebells in the second close-up photo of the Spanish variety rather than the English? I thought they look slightly different, and were growing in a different location.) Swimming Swans May 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr Fern Koru May 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr Bluebells May 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr 01 Bluebells May 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr 02 Bluebells May 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
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Post by faith on May 17, 2021 8:06:36 GMT
And here was me thinking that Scotland was Bluebell Central! Yes, you are right about the second image. The petals aren't turned back in so curly a manner as the first pic, the anthers are blue rather than cream, and the whole inflorescence is more upright, less drooping. If the leaves were visible they would probably be much broader.
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