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Mark Duggan
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Nature lover, photographer..losing sleep over climate change and a world influenced by dangerous, self serving egomaniacs!

Note: All photographs are my own work unless otherwise stated.
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Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - SPEAR-FISHING:

#Kingfisher #birds
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - SPEAR-FISHING: #Kingfisher #birds
October 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - Loving the wet weather in the UK this week!

#kingfisher #birds
September 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Red Fox – (Vulpes vulpes) THE DAWN FOX:

This is one of three juveniles that live locally to me and it was a pleasure to observe them play fighting this morning as the sun came up.

#fox #foxes #foxoftheday #wildlife #wildlifephotography
September 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) - Into the light.

#puffin #skomer #kentphotographer
August 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) - Rescued and living out life in the UK.

#barbarymacaque #macaque #worldphotographyday
August 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Fallow Deer (Dama dama) - Watching me intently in the early morning - Lyndhurst New Forest.

#deer #fallowdeer
August 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) - The UK's smallest tern, its precarious nesting habits and sites coupled with its decline in Europe make it an amber listed species in the UK and very much under threat :(

#littletern #terns #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
August 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Ringed Plover Chick (Charadrius hiaticula) - So pleased that the Ringed Plovers I had been observing earlier in the year have had a second brood following the loss their first clutch of eggs to predation.

#ringedplover #plover #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
August 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Hunting silently for field voles in the golden hour at Elmley NNR.

#barnowl #owl #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
August 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Short Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - Hunting at golden hour.

#owl #shortearedeowl #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
August 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Blackbird (Turdus merula) - Came across this juvenile enjoying lunch on our woodland walk yesterday….simply beautiful to watch!

#blackbird #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
August 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Hunting silently for field voles in the blue hour.

#barnowl #owl #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Low-Light Hunter: These remarkable Owls have some extraordinary adaptations to help them hunt at night, such as incredibly sensitive hearing and the ability to spot movement in very low light.

#barnowl #owl #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) - ON THE FENCE: Dawn light at Oare Marshes.

#greyheron #heron #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) - Concealed in its burrow on Skomer Island.

#puffin #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Short Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - Close fly-by.

#owl #shortearedeowl #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Little Owl (Athene noctua) - incoming.

#owl #littleowl #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Little Owl (Athene noctua)

#owl #littleowl #rspb #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) - Get off my rock!

#northerngannet #rspb #rspb_bemptoncliffs #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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European shag (Gulosus aristotelis) off the Pembrokeshire coast at last light.

#shag #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) - Mum and juvenile...probing the bark of the tree for insects and larvae - my contribution for #WoodpeckerWednesday

#woodpecker #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Skomer Island - The disagreement - I watched these two get into a fight and lock beaks...fascinating to watch!

#puffin #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Skomer Island - Final Approach!

#puffin #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Skomer Island - Late afternoon and back to shore....no fish :(

#puffin #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
July 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Portrait...with a seafood lunch on Skomer Island.

#puffin #rspb #skomer #birds #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with sandeels in its beak on Skomer Island in Pembrokeshire.
July 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM