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Stratford Butterfly Farm: parakeet feeding young

Stratford Butterfly Farm: parakeet feeding young

Deep in dense vegetation in the Stratford on Avon Butterfly Farm, it’s just possible to make out an adult ring-necked parakeet feeding a scruffy younger bird. A couple of minutes later, only the adult was visible.

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Stratford Butterfly Farm: butterflies, first batch

Stratford Butterfly Farm: butterfly

I took a lot of butterfly pictures when I visited the Stratford Butterfly Farm recently. Here is a first selection.

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Stratford Butterfly Farm: creepy, crawly arachnids

Stratford Butterfly Farm: creepy, crawly arachnid

More from the vivariums at the Stratford Butterfly Farm: a selection of arachnids. If you have spider phobia, don’t load the other photos in this set. Both are big, hairy spiders, one a tarantula.

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Stratford Butterfly Farm: zebra finches

Stratford Butterfly Farm: zebra finch

Flittering among the tropical butterflies on the Stratford on Avon Butterfly Farm is a small flock of zebra finches. In flight, they were moving so fast almost hidden by vegetation, just landing occasionally. But when they were eating and drinking they were unfazed by near approaches.

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Stratford Butterfly Farm: sun beetles

Stratford Butterfly Farm: sun beetles

More vivarium residents at the Stratford on Avon Butterfly Farm: sun beetles come from Africa.

Stratford Butterfly Farm: sun beetles

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Herons NOT ignoring each other, West Park

Herons NOT ignoring each other, West Park

Outside the breeding season, herons in close proximity seem to spend their time ignoring the other’s presence. Just before Christmas, these two on West Park’s boating lake island – one adult bird, the other immature – spent some time staring at each other.