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Photos taken at Bison Hill and Ivinghoe Beacon during a butterfly trip and walk in the hills.
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Skylark in a tree. | Looking from the side of Bison Hill towards London Gliding Club as a glider gets aerotowed. Just below me are where the rare Duke of Burgundy butterflies are. | Climbing up Bison Hill. | View West and Northwest from Bison Hill. |
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Pictures of a pair of Mistle Thrushes at the top of a small ravine at Ivinghoe Beacon. |
Photos from Oaken and Tugley Woods.
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Reeds. | Bugle. | Primrose. |
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Primrose. | TODO. | Violet. | Primrose. |
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TODO. | TODO. | Chiff Chaff. |
Dockey Wood Bluebells and Icinghoe Beacon.
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Dockey Wood with all the bluebells in flower. |
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Dockey Wood with all the bluebells in flower. |
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Ivinghoe Beacon from the car park. | Looking back to the car park from the side of the Beacon. | The view West from the summit. |
Insects and blossom on Barnhill and Kenton birds and a fox.
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Bee Fly on a dandelion. | Bumblebee. | Barnhill Blossom. |
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Forget Me Nots. | Barnhill Blossom. | Kenton Stock Doves. These look similar to Pigeons but the neck and wing markings are enough to tell them apart (middle picture shows stock dove and pigeon side by side). |
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A fox relaxing in the sunshine in the garden in Kenton. |
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A fox relaxing in the sunshine in the garden in Kenton. | A Nuthatch on the seed feeder. | A Robin on the fence. |
Flower displays at Old Court Recreation Ground and the church in High Barnet, and a path along Whetstone Stray.
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Old Court Recreation Ground flower displays. | Snake's Head Fritillary flower. | St John the Baptist Church, Chipping Barnet. A pretty flint and stone church near High Barnet. | Walking along Whetstone Stray. |
Photos from Kenton.
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A jet fighter plane passing over Kenton. | The garden Christmas tree with plenty of cones on it. |
A lunchtime walk on Harrow on the Hill.
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Walking up the hill (The Grove Open Space) from Harrow on the Hill tube station. | Looking out from over the tree tops. |
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The plaque at the top of the hill. | Churchfields meadow on the other side of the hill looking across and back up to the church at the summit. |
The last ever stock car race at Wimbledon Stadium before it gets closed and knocked down.
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Cars emerging for the last ever race parade. | A spectacular parade. |
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A spectacular parade. | The first race. |
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Parading the winner of the first race. | The second race. | Parading the winner of the second race. |
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The third race. | Parading the winner of the third race. | Race four. |
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Race five. |
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Race five. | Some pyros to kick off the last race. | The last race. |
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Some of the race cars being towed away after the finish. | We couldn't resist the opportunity to walk onto the track at the end as the last race cars drove away. |
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We couldn't resist the opportunity to walk onto the track at the end as the last race cars drove away. | Posing for photos and looking around the track before we too left for the last time ever. |
More spring blossom and flowers in Golders Hill Park, including the magnificent Magnolia trees in the walled garden.
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Pretty flowers. | The Hill Garden. | Tulips. | A bumblebee nectaring on a flower. | Daffodils. |
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The walled garden Magnolia trees. | Another tulip. |
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More flowers. | Snakehead fritillary flower. | On the way home, stocked up on matzo for Passover. |
Kenton birds and blossom.
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Two Bluetits feeding on fat filled coconut shell. | Dunnock. | Blossom. |
The last ever banger race at Wimbledon Stadium before it gets closed and knocked down.
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Entering the stadium. | Our view of the track. | Opening sequence. | Lining up the first start grid. |
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Go go go! Carnage almost straight from the start. | The winner of the first race being paraded. |
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2nd race grid. | More juicy carnage which is as expected for a banger race. |
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After dark it was even more atmospheric. | Some of the competitor banger cars leaving after the race. |
Blossom in Kenton and Hendon.
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Kenton Blossom. | Hendon Blossom. |
Crocuses, Daffodils, and more at Golders Hill Park.
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Crocuses at the top entrance. | Crocuses and Snowdrops inside the park. | Daffodil. |
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Inside the Hill Garden. | Hill Garden Irises. | Walking on the Pergola. | Another Iris. | The Pergola. |
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The Pergola. | Blossom. | Golders Hill Park Daffodils. | Tame squirrel in the stumpery. |
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The pond by the walled garden. | More Irises. |
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More shots of the crocuses by the entrance. |
Sparrowhawk in Kenton, Pigeons in Kings Cross and Daffodils in Kenton.
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Male Sparrowhawk. | Pigeons. | Daffodils. |
Signs of Spring in Hendon.
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Snowdrops. | Early Daffodils in the supermarkets. | Bromeliads and Orchids in Hendon. |
A nuthatch on the feeder and signs of Spring in Kenton.
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Nuthatch from behind. | Nuthatch taking seed from the feeder. | Nuthatch preparing to leave with the seed. | The first crocus of the year. |