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Thanks very much, Bryan.

Sadly not. Have a look at his blog 'Broken Cloud' - a couple of months ago he said he was terminally ill. He's in a care home now.

Another butterfly photo licensed today - standard license for low $$ Lang's short-tailed blue butterfly in the French Alps

British Wildlife Vol 35, No. 5, April 2024 ISSN 0958-0956 P313, American Mink (Neovison vison). Mark Hodgson, Image ID: 2HK6FJW P315, Floating smart mink trap and cage. Nigel Housden, Image ID: 2FA566T or 2FM15WJ P316, WATER VOLE (ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS) FEEDING BESIDE A STREAM UK. Lisa Geoghegan, Image ID: BKRFGH P318, Female Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) bee- feeding on lungwort flowers. Mark Horton, Image ID: G1HX41 P328, 17 May 2022, Brandenburg, Rüdersdorf: A speciality in the state of Brandenburg is the marsh lousewort (Pedicularis palustris), which grows on a wet meadow in the nature reserve and fauna-flora habitat area "Herrensee, Lange-Dammwiesen und Barnim-Hänge". Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa picture alliance, Image ID: 2J9AM16 P330, Close-up of a Common Briar flower in bloom (Rosa canina, also known as a Dog Rose). Anna Carpendale, Image ID: 2G7D4AP P333, Field rose, rosa arvensis. FloralImages, Image ID: B6G6GJ P333, Black Rose Hips, Rosa pimpinellifolia, Rosaceae. Syn. Rosa spinosissima. Florapix, Image ID: C3WXJ2 P333, Stem of Burnet Rose with acicles and slender prickles. Bob Gibbons, Image ID: 2TATXX8 P334, Rose Hips, Dog Rose, Rosa canina, red fruits. Botany vision, Image ID: F4M4BF P335, Rose-hips: Hips of Sweet-briar, Rosa rubiginosa in autumn. Bob Gibbons, Image ID: EDA7YB P336, Japanese Rose (Rosa rugosa) flowering. Invasive alien species naturalised on dand dunes. Tywyn Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales. July. Richard Becker, Image ID: R1P8GW P348, Ash blossom in flower in Spring. Caroline Eastwood, Image ID: CYKP9E P352, Salmon farm at Cairidh, Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK. Gerry Neely, Image ID: D1H6DC P359, Landscape UK pheasant cock gamebird (Phasianus colchicus) isolated in midair flight. Male pheasant bird flying over wild, countryside field in winter. Lee Hudson, Image ID: 2ANHYDF P361, A small harvest mouse climbing up shoots of grass looking forward towards the viewer. Alan Tunnicliffe, Image ID: JMRX0K P364, Common Toads (Bufo bufo) in amplexus (mating) in pond. Surrey, England, March. Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION/Nature Picture Library, Image ID: W7MJ59 P365, Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary, Boloria Selene, Cumbria. Roger Cope, Image ID: TXX3AN P368, Red Wood Ants (Formica rufa) adult workers massing on top of the nest in early Spring. Dorset, England. April. Richard Becker, Image ID: P89GXN P374, Dogfish. jack perks, Image ID: CEAT5H P381, Conifer plantation in Strathdearn Highland Region Scotland UK November 2014. Mike Read, Image ID: T4095E P382, puffin fratercula arctica with beakfull of sandeels. Lee Crabtree, Image ID: DX7NWF P386, Lobster fishing boat in Loch na Lathaich near Bunessan on the Ross of Mull. David Cheshire, Image ID: 2HC2DEN P387, Horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) bed with Brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis) and Edible crab (Cancer pagurus), Shetland, Scotland, UK, September. SCOTLAND: The Big Picture/Nature Picture Library, Image ID: 2BNKBP1

That's a great result, Nick. I enjoy photographing most wildlife, but butterflies and reptiles are my favourites. Butterflies and bees both seem to sell reasonably well (reptiles less so), but bees are much harder to identify than butterflies.

Magazine - print, digital and electronic ; Print run: up to 500,000, Low $$ Standard license for 1 user, low $$. Old Amersham High Street

Thanks, Bryan. That was taken from a hide - I was very lucky it landed there when the sun was shining!

Blue tit Wild orchids in the Apennines, Italy Castlerigg Stone Circle

Yes, I'm finding the same. Since my first standard license on 9th Feb, I have only had one personal use license and no presentations. The standard license terms include everything from websites to large print runs, so I can't imagine we'll be seeing many decent licenses any more.

Thanks very much, Ian.

Congratulations, Brizbee. Great result.

A couple of photos of companies currently getting lots of bad press. Magazine use for mid $$ Editorial newspaper, print and digital use for low/mid $$

Thanks. The rural roads around here are definitely bad for potholes at the moment - I guess it's all the rain we've had the last few months making it worse this year. I wouldn't expect that on a motorway slip road though.

Thanks, Steve. It made me laugh too!

Spotted this sign a couple of days ago, and couldn't resist stopping for a photo. I'm hoping it will sell well, and help recoup the cost of a new tyre, as I wrecked one on this road a couple of years ago!