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  A nice frondy lichen in the woods #LichenSubscribe #Nature #NaturePhotography

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  A Peacock butterfly enjoying some dappled shade on (I think) a Stokesia flower. The colours contrast really nicely, I reckon... #Nature #NaturePhotography #Butterflies #Insects

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  My first time seeing a Hummingbird Hawk Moth. It's little wings buzz fast like a hummingbird's - this photo was taken at 1/2000 of a second but hasn't frozen the wings completely - and they fly sideways and even a little bit backwards at times just like their namesake. Quite exciting to see one, really! #Nature #NaturePhotography #Insects #moths #HummingbirdHawkMoth

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  Woodland is a great place to be when it's hot - cooler, and full of lovely old trees and moss #Mosstodon #Trees #Woodland #Nature #NaturePhotography

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  I love woodlands... #Nature #NaturePhotography #Woodland #Trees

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  Mushrooms pushing up amongst the carpet of Pratia in our garden in Autumn #Mushrooms #Nature #NaturePhotography

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  Cow parsley leaning toward the light #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Wildflowers #Nature #NaturePhotography

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  Two Blue Tits - adult and juvenile - sharing a callistemon branch as they wait their turn on the suet feeder. #Birds #Nature #NaturePhotography

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  #SilentSunday #Mosstodon

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  Throwback to a visit to Orkney a couple of years ago, and lichen growing on the standing stones of the Ring of Brodgar. #Lichen #LichenSubscribe #Orkney #RingOfBrodgar

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  Sugar enjoying the autumn sunshine once more #Greyhounds #Dogs

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  Crocosmia flowering in a shady garden #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Plants #Nature #NaturePhotography

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  A White-capped Mollymawk in the bay at Oban, Stewart Island. #Birds #Albatross #NaturePhotography #Nature

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  Umbrella Moss on the forest floor, Ulva Island #Mosstodon #Moss #NaturePhotography #Nature #Aotearoa #NewZealand

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  Have been playing with the new macro lens a little more. I finally got lucky with a picture of a bumblebee enjoying some Hebe flowers. I think I've come across a method for macro photography that works for me - more details in the #AltText #Macro #MacroPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #bumblebee #bee #flowers

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  So I bought myself a new Macro lens, and have been playing in the garden. Here are a few highlights at the moment: Thalictrum (I think this is delavayi), Hakonechloa Macra Aureola, Catananche caerulea, and Athyrium Nipponicum (not sure of the variety, I'm afraid!). #plants #garden #gardening #GardenPhotography #PlantPhotography #Macro #MacroPhotography @plants #OohIBoughtANewLens

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  A rusty metal gate hiding some nice lichen on the underside of one of the beams #LichenSubscribe #Lichen #MacroPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Texture

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  #SilentSunday #MacroPhotography #Mushrooms #Fungi

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  A Kererū, or New Zealand Pigeon, showing off its colours #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #NaturePhotography #Nature #Aotearoa #New Zealand #Kereru

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  A few different species all clustered together on a rock. I think the one with raised red bumps (apothecia) might be Haemotomma babingtonii South Island, Aotearoa #LichenSubscribe #MacroPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Lichen #TextureTuesday

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  A Tui looking all puffed up and grumpy above its wattle feathers. Was it something I said...? #BirdsOfMastodon #Birds #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NaturePhotography #Nature

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  The tiny flowers of a Hydrangea hidden among the pale lime-green bracts. This is from Hydrangea 'Limelight' #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Plants #MacroPhotography

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  A slab of cheese bubbling in a pa... Oh wait, no...that's Xanthoria parietina growing on some netting. My mistake... #LichenSubscribe #Lichen #MacroPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography

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  A mushroom on Ulva Island growing from the mossy forest floor. Just as I spotted this, a tour guide walked past with a couple of people and said the name of the species but I don't remember what they said - I think it began with "L"? #Mushroom #FungiFriday #NaturePhotography #Mosstodon

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  A South Island Robin. Cute and round forest birds, they're friendly and unafraid of humans, following you along a trail to grab any insects disturbed as you walk by #Birds #NaturePhotography #Aotearoa #NewZealand

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  I came across a Kaka using its sharp pointy beak to get in under the bark of this tree. They do this to get at the larvae of wood-boring insects. Found on Ulva Island, just off Stewart Island Rakiura, last week. #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #UlvaIsland #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Kaka

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  Umbrella mosses and lichens in lush greens and purples on the forest floor on (edit: Ulva Island, not) Stewart Island Rakiura. Some of those mosses look a bit like tarantulas, but I promise they're not. I would've been running away rather than taking photos otherwise... #Mosstodon #LichenSubscribe #Lichen #Moss #NaturePhotography #Nature #Aotearoa #StewartIsland #NewZealand #Rakiura #UlvaIsland

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  We had some time on beautiful Stewart Island, Rakiura, earlier this week. The Oban harbour at Halfmoon Bay hosts a number of seabirds, including albatrosses, muttonbirds (Shearwaters), and terns. I managed to get some shots of this albatross (White-capped, I think) as it ran along the water as part of its take-off. #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #NaturePhotography #Nature #Rakiura #StewartIsland #NewZealand #Aotearoa

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  @quixote@mastodon.nz I hadn't really noticed them before, but I think they're pretty fascinating now!

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  @Plantwizard@mastodon.social Yep, native fern to NZ. It's described as having "moderate" hardiness to frost. Full info here if you'd like it (https://www.nativeplants.nz/microsorum-pustulatum.html)