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Downhill footpath

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:35:27 +0000

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Comma Butterfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:32:25 +0000

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Another helicopter

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:33:38 +0000

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with yet another day of helicopters (two) dropping water on the hotspots and rising smoke on the moorland fires

Fire damaged Moorland

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:33:36 +0000

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All the moorland top in this photo has been on fire for several weeks.

Smoke still rising from hotspots

Fire damaged Moorland

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:33:24 +0000

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Didsbury Intake area above Rhodeswood Reservoir

Destroyed moorland above Torside Reservoir

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:33:23 +0000

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The drystone walls and paths acted as firebreaks as long as the wind was also pushing the fire uphill

Burnt Moorland above Torside Reservoir

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:33:15 +0000

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The fire is contained but not extinguished. It will need rainfall to finish the job.

The Moon

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:25:21 +0000

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a little colour tint from a distant sunset ?
It was well over an hour after our sunset but this is a fair record of how it looked

Goat

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:25:19 +0000

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a sight at the local reservoir.

HFF everyone and a happy goat was spotted

Field Mouse

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:25:14 +0000

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Not in a field but in our garden. I suppose it’s a field as far as the mouse is concerned. It was feasting on seeds but of course disappeared in a flash when it realised I was there

Robin through glass

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:25:05 +0000

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our friendly Robin is around the house all day mostly near the front door and getting plenty to eat on the leaves if the shrubs. Also enjoying the bird bath water

Meadow Brown butterfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:21:14 +0000

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Gatekeeper butterfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:21:11 +0000

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nothing lasts forever, it seems

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:46:00 +0000

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not even a memory.

IN LOVING MEMORY seen on reused stone for a wall

Dark Green Fritillary Butterfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:39:03 +0000

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a first time ever garden visitor

Dark Green Fritillary Butterfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:38:56 +0000

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a first time ever garden visitor

Red Admiral Butterfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:43:20 +0000

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Very pleased to find this butterfly on the unusual background of pine tree bark.

It almost looks like a different species

The hot Summer days continue

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:08:06 +0000

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Hazy sunshine while we were out at midday counting butterflies.

The UK’s. Big Butterfly Count starts today. The link below shows the result of our 15 minute count

bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/count/32464165

Small Heath Butterfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:24:10 +0000

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a very small butterfly:

Coenonympha pamphilus

Kestrel

nobody@ipernity.com (Colin Ashcroft) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:56:23 +0000

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a second photo of the Kestrel I saw yesterday lunchtime. This was actually the first photo of the bird I took and I like that it is looking down and checking out the grassland below