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Environment

Green shoots reader photographs - August 2013

Green Shoots: August 2013
Cricket in Kingston Lacy's kitchen gardens, Wimborne Minster, England, by SteveJM2009 Photograph: Steve Maskell/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Common blue by AlvecoteWood. 'At last I found some of these beautiful butterflies with their wings open and they looked wonderful in the late evening light! They have been fluttering around like little blue jewels for weeks, but never resting with their wings open. This shows the lovely iridescence of the common blue male' Photograph: Sarah Walters/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Angler fish at Pettico Wick, Scotland, by peskynewt Photograph: Peter Bardsley /Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
A Bit of Pink by Chrissie28IWish! Photograph: Chrissie28IWish! /Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Reflections by JennPorteous. 'The River Esk today before it clouded over and got some fantastic light through the trees on the riverbank' Photograph: JennPorteous/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Arctic tern feeding a youngster by Andy Pritchard Photograph: Andy Pritchard/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Tiny green frog by C.G.87 Photograph: Chris Grimwood /Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Clitocybe odora, also known as the aniseed toadstool, in leaf litter by Penny Bun Photograph: Penny Bun/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Hare in flowering heather, taken by Derbyshire Harrier Photograph: Derbyshire Harrier/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Gannet soaring through the sky in around the Isle of Mull, Scotland, by Teft1986 Photograph: Teft1986/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar, Hickling Broad, north Norfolk, by mattcawrey Photograph: Matt Cawrey/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Golden Dawn in the Lake District by Tim Melling. 'I was so buoyed by all the kind comments and favourites on my recent Cumbrian landscape photo that I decided to risk another toe in the landscape pool by posting this one. It was taken soon after sunrise looking east towards Little Langdale in Cumbria's Lake District. It was a beautiful misty morning, but the mists disappeared as I rose out of the valley' Photograph: Tim Melling/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Having one of those days! Taken by PMBrem Photograph: Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Otter bath time, Sparrowpit, England, by Pinti 1 Photograph: Holly Occhipinti/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Close-up on the wing of a small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae), taken by jamesaustrums Photograph: jamesaustrums/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Tiny palmate newt in Bellanoch, Scotland, by nancy II Photograph: A-J Thursby/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Poppies, cornflowers, corn marigold and corn chamomile in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall. Taken by Birm Photograph: Birm/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
Unidentified newly hatched insects in the Malaysian rainforest, by Hardy Backyardgeo Photograph: Hardy Backyardgeo/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
A goldcrest in Hartford, Cambridgeshire, by Cliff Watkinson Photograph: Cliff Watkinson/Flickr
Green Shoots: August 2013
A cool green spider seen in Brighstone Forest, by oblivion head. 'I think it is a cucumber green spider (Araniella cucurbitina)' Photograph: richard /Flickr
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