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May 31 2025
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Watching me watching him

Friday 30th May 2025, 2.30pm (day 5,027)

Young deer, 30/5/25

There have been, I count, five previous photos of deer on here down the years and with the possible exception of the first one (13/10/2015), the subjects of each were well aware of my presence, watching me just as carefully as I was watching them: take this lot, for instance. This young chap (and he is a male: there are antlers beginning to sprout) was no exception. He let me take the picture but scooted off the moment I made to come any closer. It’s just as well for him I didn’t have a gun, though.

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May 30 2025
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Snail snog

Thursday 29th May 2025, 11.25am (day 5,026)

Snail mates, 29/5/25

The damper weather appears to have made these two frisky. But guys — doing it on the pavement is probably a bad idea. You need to keep an eye out for the Boots of Death coming your way.

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May 28 2025
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Chances of being saved, fairly high

Wednesday 28th May 2025, 2.40pm (day 5,025)

Insect on beer, 28/5/25

I suppose, to an insect, that the foam layer on top of a glass of beer looks like a solid landing place. But this is one of those risks that if it gets a second chance at it, this will only be because of the benevolence of the putative drinker of said beer, who doesn’t want a mouthful of insect to spoil his enjoyment. Learn the lesson, kid.

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May 14 2025
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Jackdaw in the sunshine

Tuesday 13th May 2025, 5.50pm (day 5,010)

Jackdaw, 13/5/25

The sunshine continues: if you hear any Britons complaining about the weather this spring, you have my permission to scoff. This jackdaw seems to be enjoying it just like the rest of us.

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May 05 2025
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Milo tries hypnosis

Sunday 4th May 2025, 5.00pm (day 5,001)

Milo waits, 4/5/25

“If I stare at him in the right way, perhaps some of the food will leap off the plate.” It didn’t work though, Milo. I’m immune. (Well, maybe I gave him a bit later on.)

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May 02 2025
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Plumlings

Friday 2nd May 2025, 2.30pm (day 4,999)

Plumlings, 2/5/25

Going on the number of plumlings that currently festoon the tree, I predict that come around late July, the whole thing is going to fall over. Should it stay standing, even 2023’s glut (forty-four pounds of fruit) may be surpassed.

Hello, it’s day 4,999. I’d better not forget to get the camera out at some point tomorrow.

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Apr 29 2025
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Ready to fly

Tuesday 29th April 2025, 11.05am (day 4,996)

Dandelion clock and leaf, 29/4/25

The weather has been pretty good for some time now and things seem to be emerging earlier this year, nature-wise. It feels we should be well into May already, but that month doesn’t start yet for two more days. The dandeliion clocks are heavy with seeds, and an explosion is surely imminent.

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Apr 26 2025
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Red kite, green field

Friday 25th April 2025, 2.35pm (day 4,992)

Red kite, 25/4/25

Red kites (Milvus milvus) were nearly extinct in Britain at the end of the last century but in the 2000s, thanks to some serious efforts on behalf of conservationists, have made a remarkable recovery. If you are aware of the place you might not think that Luton would be one of their strongholds, but that is where this picture was taken, just on the edge of that town. There were a number of them gliding around this afternoon seeking prey, and clearly, Luton is not a great place to be a fieldmouse.

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Apr 25 2025
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Making ripples

Thursday 24th April 2025, 5.10pm (day 4,991)

Goose ripples, 24/4/25

It’s a shame about the foliage but these are near-perfect ripples, and the impression I got was very much that the goose was just sitting there and making them simply because it could. A human equivalent might be holding a ruler down on a desk and making it go bdrrbbrrrddbrrdd. A pointless but pleasing application of physics.

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Apr 22 2025
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Pink!

Monday 21st April 2025, 5.55pm (day 4,988)

Cherry blossom, 21/4/25

There’s no other word that could possibly describe this so aptly. The blossoms everywhere seem to be doing very well this year and pink, they certainly are.

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