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Aerial view over the Oise river valley in Thiérache, France.
Bluebells carpet the forest floor. Thiérache, France.
A backlit blackberry leaf reveals colorful traces left by a small leaf-mining Stigmella caterpillar. The size of the mine shows how the caterpillar grew larger and larger as it ate itself a way through the leaf. The black dots are its excrements. Thiérache, France.
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Hunting has been a national pastime in France ever since the French Revolution and now poses a serious conservation issue. There are strict European regulations, but often even Red List species are only protected on paper. Thiérache, France.
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Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male on Dordogne river bank, Dordogne, France, August.
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Bluebells carpet the forest floor. Thiérache, France.
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Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male on Dordogne river bank, Dordogne, France, August.
Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa), Loire Valley, France.
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Bluebells carpet the forest floor. Thiérache, France.
Bluebells carpet the forest floor. Thiérache, France.
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(8/8) Tijdens de Franse Revolutie verwierven Franse burgers het recht om te jagen, voorheen een adellijk privilege. En gejaagd wordt er sindsdien. In de Thiérache is Patrick Drouard van september tot februari iedere zondagochtend met zijn honden op zoek naar wild. Rode Lijst soorten zoals de watersnip genieten hier enkel bescherming op papier.
Thiérache, France
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A garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) emerges from an old barn on its daily foraging run to a plumb orchard. Thiérache, France.
A banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male overlooks the river Dordogne in France. Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, 1/200 sec at f/16, ISO 200.
Cows crossing the river Oise. Thiérache, France.
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Bluebells carpet the forest floor. Thiérache, France.
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Misty winter morning on the bank of the river Oise. Thiérache, France.
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As it sips nectar from a creeping thistle flower with its long proboscis, the hummingbird hawk moth hovers with its body suspended motionless in the air and its wings flapping almost too fast to see. To cope with the demands of hover flight, hawk moths have evolved thermoregulation—they are warm-blooded.
Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) female on Dordogne river, Dordogne, France, August.
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A young badger (Meles meles) has emerged from its sett just before sundown and busily forages for grubs and other tasty snacks that come on its path.
Bluebells carpet the forest floor. Thiérache, France.
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Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male on Dordogne river bank, Dordogne, France, August.
Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) female laying eggs on Dordogne river, Dordogne, France, August.
Some forty white stork and hundreds of herring gulls circle over a wheat field that has just been harvested. They roost in large numbers at a nearby landfill. Thiérache, France.
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