Marcus Coates

Artist

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30/06 Elephant hawk-moths visit honeysuckle flowers for pollination.

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29/06 Grass snakes deposit their eggs in sweltering dung hills.

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28/06 Harbour porpoises are mating; their young are born eleven months later.

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27/06 Peach blossom and grey arches moths on wing.

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26/06 The dark green fritillary on wing with its black-orange chequered wings.

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25/06 The cuckoo gradually stops calling its own name.

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24/06 Great horse-flies, also known as gadflies, appear.

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23/06 Stinkhorn funguses appear.

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22/06 Small skipper butterflies on wing.

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21/06 The first young toads get onto dry land.

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20/06 Blackbirds stop brooding and stop their passionate singing.

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19/06 The predatory emperor dragonfly appears.

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18/06 The white admiral can be spotted flying.

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17/06 Humming-bird hawk-moths on wing, looking for nectar.

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16/06 The brooding season of goldcrests is almost at an end.

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15/06 Brood of comma butterfly on wing.

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14/06 Young swallows are big enough to leave their nest.

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13/06 Dragonflies: western clubtails, four-spotted chasers and broad-bodied chasers on wing, their flight making a rustling sound.

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12/06 Stag beetles are appearing.

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11/06 Bladder campion and bee orchids in flower.