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Paul Mitchell

@paulmitchell1p.bsky.social

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Nature photographs mostly from West Sussex, UK, and occasional travel and landscape photography. All photographs are my own, except reposts.

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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · 2d

'Swallowtail by the Sea'

Watching Swallowtails glide & flutter, whilst being next to the Aegean Sea and under the warm autumn sunshine - a treat for my senses & soul today!

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Paul Mitchell @paulmitchell1p.bsky.social · 4d

The door to the secret garden…

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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · 6d

Pac-man

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Paul Mitchell @paulmitchell1p.bsky.social · 6d

Under the oak tree…

Acorns and twigs following recent stormy weather.

Paul Mitchell @paulmitchell1p.bsky.social · 16d

This little wren was popping in and out of the hedge during the drizzly rain today.

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Damian Shields @damianshields.bsky.social · 22d

The old Shiel Bridge, Acharacle #Scotland #Ardnamurchan #Acharacle www.damianshields.com

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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · Sep 17

‘Golden Boy’

Lesser Fiery Copper (Lycaena thersamon). A male aloft a territorial lookout perch. #Leptember

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Andrew Fusek Peters @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social · Sep 16

Goldfinch take off with the new OMSystem 50-200f2.8 and MC20 double extender @omsystem.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · Sep 16

Cleaned up the timeline thanks to muting a number of words (mostly names) & things now look much brighter!

Clouded Yellow among the grey river mud seems an appropriate photo for this post!

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Sharon @sharonwelby.bsky.social · Sep 15

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Andrew Fusek Peters @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social · Sep 14

Clouded yellow in flight with the brand new OmSystem 50-200 f2.8 @omsystem.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @royalent.bsky.social

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Paul Mitchell @paulmitchell1p.bsky.social · Sep 12

#cloudappreciationday

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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · Sep 5

A beautiful morning last week in the Netherlands, the morning just after I returned from Greenland. Glad I woke up for this! Might be my favourite windmill photo this year :)

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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · Sep 1

A beautiful arche shaped iceberg that we found in Disko Bay early August during one of our late night sailing.

To give you an idea the mast of the boat is around 30 meters high 😵‍💫⛵️🧊… This piece of ice was massive.

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Paul Mitchell @paulmitchell1p.bsky.social · Aug 31

Bright and sunny today, but a bit windy for the butterflies, and this Small Copper sought a rest on the ground after being tossed about on the flowers.

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Paul Mitchell @paulmitchell1p.bsky.social · Aug 30

Painted Lady

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Craig Jones @craig63jones.bsky.social · Aug 29

Small Copper ab. schmidtii. Bridgnorth, Shropshire 29/8/25
@bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

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Andrew Fusek Peters @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social · Aug 29

New wildflower meadow on set-aside on edge of our village - painted ladies, common blue and even clouded yellow! So happy to get painted lady flight sequence OM1mk2,40-150f2.8 @royalent.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social

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Paul Mitchell @paulmitchell1p.bsky.social · Aug 25

Small Coppers on lavender

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Clive @stonesphotographs.bsky.social · Aug 23

Magpie Moth
I had absolutely no idea what this was when I spotted it in the garden but managed to get a quick shot of it mid flight.

@savebutterflies.bsky.social #Butterflies #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #ThePhotoHour #MacroPhotography

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · Aug 20

I heard it was razzle dazzle Wednesday, so here's a neat little protea flower I photographed over the weekend.

People often associate my flower images with sea creatures, but this one looks to me like it's coming at us from outer space. 🪐 🌺 🔭

#flowers #photography