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Pictures taken while in the Long Sutton Butterfly Farm. See the Butterflies gallery for more pictures.
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| Tortoise with a sign warning visitors not to stroke or feed it as it has a nasty bite. | Very noisy and cheeky parrot. | Dove with a view. | Zebra finches and a parrot feeding on seed. | ||
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| Bearded Dragon. | Small ground dwelling birds (not sure what species) stalking the undergrowth. | ||||
Pictures taken during a visit to North Norfolk on a sunny break in a long spell of bad weather. Pictures come from Holme Next The Sea, Thornham, Hunstanton and North Wootton. There are also weather and butterfly pics too (this was a butterflying trip, and there were some outstanding clouds seen too). See the relevant galleries to see these.
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| Pier restaurant building at Heacham on way out to Holme. | Views of a marsh from near where the car park, with the beach in the background, as we walk up on the dunes. | Stone Chat on a bush. | |
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| Another panoramic view of the beach as we progress Eastwards. | A sign covered by a swarm of flies. | Pipit. | Dunnock. | Looking out across The Wash to an offshore wind farm on the other side. |
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| Looking East and West along the path over the dunes. | Closing in on the visitor centre where the copse of trees is. | Pipit. | Panorama of the trees and dunes by the visitor centre. | |
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| Lapwings performing fancy aerobatic manouvres above a wetland habitat. | 360 degree panorama from on top of a high part of the dunes on the way back. | ||
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| Looking down through a gap in the dune to the beach below. | Lucky shot of an unidentified bird flying alongside the dunes. | Weather vane near the car park. | A pair of Avocets at Thornham. | Redshank catching a worm. | |
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| Shelduck waddling across the mud. | Two more views of the Avocet pair and their amazingly slender curved beaks. | The old coal shed at Thornham. | Looking out across The Wash from the cliff tops at Heacham. | ||
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| More views of Heacham. | Looking across The Wash from Heacham to Lincolnshire on the other side. | |
iPhone pictures of the Shard in London Bridge as I walked past it on the way to an interview (last pic on way out later on). The outer shell looks just about complete now. This is the tallest building in Western Europe apparently. Also seen is a gull in flight.
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| The Shard from underneath and close by. | A gull flying over Hendon. | ||
iPhone pictures of puffed up pies at Porters in Covent Garden, hyacinths and dwarf daffodils growing in pots, a helicopter over Sunny Hill Park in Hendon, crocuses in Golder Hill Park in Golders Green and views across Trent Park near Cockfosters. Plus the 2nd anniversary roses and a new scooter in the family.
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| Porters pies. | Growing Hyacinths and daffodils, including 3 daffodil heads on one stalk. | Helicopter over Sunny Hill Park. | ||||
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| Crocuses in Golders Hill Park. | Views across Trent Park. | |||
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| Roses to celebrate 2 years of Renée and I being together. | Louise's new Scooter. In the driveway next to my motorbike in Kenton and Louise practicing in Hendon. | ||
I took more pictures when I saw heavy metal band Edguy play live in London. Click here to go to the Gigs 2011 - 2012 page to see the pictures.
A walk on Hampstead Heath with a walking group. It was a bit cloudy, misty and cold but a pleasant day for a nice walk.
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| The Hill Garden Pergola. | South side of East Heath. | Pryor's Field panorama. | Hampstead Ponds. |
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| Crossing Hampstead Ponds. | Views of Central London and Highgate from the summit of Parliament Hill. | ||
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| Parliament Hill Café area panorama. | Parliament Hill from Parliament Hill Café area. | Highgate Ponds. | Model Boating Pond at Highgate Ponds. |
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| Walking through Kenwood. | Some very early blossom at Kenwood. | Another view across a Kenwood field. | ||
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| Fallen tree near Bird Bridge. | The viaduct from Bird Bridge. | Big low branch over the path and pond reflection at Sandy Heath. | |