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A new year-long project of photographing a large country park has begun. It's a daunting task as the area is rich in wildlife and flora, and includes several large reservoirs, so in sweltering heat I started small in one of the many meadows. Please click for full views.

Butterfly orchid | Mating Meadow Browns | Common Blue Damselfly | Common sorrel among Yorkshire Fog Grass

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Colour portrait format image showing the delicate ivory flowers of a Butterfly Orchid, which rise from a broad single stalk in the shade of long grass A Common Blue Damselfly clings to the seed head of Yorkshire fog grass with its delicate wings folded back over its segmented body
Portrait format image of a mating pair of Meadow Brown butterflies clinging to a stalk of grass in a meadow. They even fly attached in this way. Portrait format colour image showing the dark pink petals of Common Sorrel set against an out-of-focus backdrop of Yorkshire Fog Grass, with hints of other stalks of sorrel just visible