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You're welcome, Russell. Well done for climbing that steep zigzag path to get that photo! Countryfile seem to report very promptly - usually before I get the magazine.

I've also noticed that it has been taking longer than usual for the database to update and for new images to go on sale. This seems to have been happening for the last 10 days or so.

BBC Countryfile magazine – Issue 169 – October 2020 Front cover & P69, Sea Pinks, or Thrift (Armeria maritima) growing on the cliff at Hartland Point with the lighthouse beyond. North Devon, England., Craig Joiner Photography, Image ID: AFJAJ1 P3, The countryside seen from Offa's Dyke path near Llangollen, Denbighshire, North Wales, UK, paul Weston, Image ID: KH5EC8 P4-5, View west from the Panorama walk on the Offa's Dyke path on Ruabon Mountain showing the ruins of Castell Dinas Bran on top of hill near LLangollen North Wales, UK, November 2016., Alan Williams/Nature Picture Library, Image ID: K2EFNC P5, Clifftop vista of Blegberry Bay and Hartland Quay from Damehole Point, Hartland, Devon, England. Summer (September) 2010., Adam Burton, Image ID: CX2M47 P5 & 58, Thames Barge 'Cambria' Preparing to Start 54th Annual Barge Match off Pierhead at Southend-on-Sea, Timothy Smith, Image ID: K2JJFN P14, Horse Chestnut tree infected with Chestnut Leaf Miner, Cameraria ohridella in autumn, Warwickshire, England, UK., Colin Underhill, Image ID: BENNXR P14, Autumn or fall colours seeds of the Horse Chestnut or conkers, David Pimborough, Image ID: E9D65N P15, Harts tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, leaves with rain drops in a stumpery with a background of leaves and a tree stump., JohnatAPW, Image ID: 2B74HRR P15, Lemon slug (Malacolimax tenellus ) UK. Chris Mattison/Nature Picture Library, Image ID: W7XWH9 P15, Hard Fern Blechnum spicant fresh green fronds growing in a Devon wood, Steve Taylor ARPS, Image ID: BPEPCK P15, Parmeliella pumbea lichen with tree lungwort Scotland UK, Steve Austin/Papilio, Image ID: DWE7DH P20-21, Castell Dinas Bran looking west from the Panorama walk on the Offa's Dyke path on Ruabon Mountain near Llangollen, North Wales UK, November 2016. Alan Williams/Nature Picture Library, Image ID: K2EFHB P23, Autumnal landscape with colorful trees and River Dee at sunrise in Wales, UK, Eddie Cloud, Image ID: 2A6XBNA P24, The ramparts of Old Oswestry hillfort, Shropshire, England, UK, MH Country, Image ID: WAY462 P25, Llanymynech Rocks Nature Reserve, on the English/Welsh border, near Oswestry., John Hayward, Image ID: R127R1 P25, Offa's Dyke National Trail at Moelydd hill, Shropshire, UK, John Bentley, Image ID: D4N4KR P26, Knighton Clock Tower Knighton Powys Wales UK, Jon Lewis, Image ID: J414YN P27, View from the Devil's Pulpit over the Wye Valley and Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire, Wales., Anna Stowe Landscapes UK, Image ID: HPRYKP P27, Gronant Dunes Local Nature Reserve at Prestatyn North Wales, PHILIP SMITH, Image ID: DWB4EP P30, St Cadoc's church, Llangattock Lingoed, near Abergavenny, a medieval parish church., Chris Mattison, Image ID: RD87MR P30, Exterior of a bookshop in Hay-on-Wye., Graham Lawrence/LOOP IMAGES, Image ID: D0J58Y P30, Interior Hoffmann Limstone Kiln Llanymynech North Wales United Kingdom Europe EU - Image ID: BB18N7, Broccoli Photography, Image ID: BB18N7 P35, Close up portrait of female Wild boar (Sus scrofa) Alladale, Scotland, July 2009 WWE BOOK Wild Wonders kids book., Nature Picture Library, Image ID: E45P4D P38-39, Wild boar sow Sus scrofa with piglets, known as a sounder group, in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire UK, Les Gibbon, Image ID: BAWYMT P38, Wild Boar piglet UK, Lewis Thomson, Image ID: HF8XX1 P40, Female wild boar with piglet in the Forest of Dean, Philip Mugridge, Image ID: H88PKC P57, Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) in flight over heather moorland on upland grouse shooting estate, Scotland, UK., Nature Picture Library, Image ID: 2BNKA71 P57, Crane fly on heather, Christine Widdall, Image ID: G4A8KJ P57, Hebden Bridge, UK. 11th August 2018. Rally to ban grouse shooting held in Hebden Bridge’s St George’s Square. The nearby uplands are let out by Yorkshire Water to grouse shooters who are accused of decimating the wildlife for sport by trap and gun, burning large sections of heather to increase game bird numbers and decimating blanket bog and contributing to flooding in the valley. The protesters urged Yorkshire Water to stop leasing land above the town for grouse shooting. Credit: Stephen Bell/Alamy Live News, Image ID: PDXPBJ (cutout) P62, Sheerness, Kent, UK. 24th July, 2018. UK Weather: Thames Sailing Barge 'Cambria' glides past on a swelteringly hot day off the coastal town of Sheerness in north Kent. Credit: James Bell/Alamy Live News, Image ID: PAKGMW P64-65, Glorious evening sunlight illuminates the dramatic cliffs of Hartland Quay, looking towards Screda Point, Devon, England., Adam Burton, Image ID: DW5R8G P66, Speke's Mill Mouth Waterfall flowing over an impressive geological fault along the north devon coastline at sunset., Jason Brown, Image ID: PRDH47 P66, Late evening sunshine glistens on the wet rocks at Hartland Quay, North Devon, England. Autumn (September) 2010., Adam Burton, Image ID: CX2M7M P68, Abbey River valley at Blackpool Mill looking to Stoke church on the north coast of Devon near Hartland Point, Steve Taylor ARPS, Image ID: BR9JPG P69, Hartland Abbey, near Hartland, North Devon., Stephen Shepherd, Image ID: FP52M6 P69, The Red Lion pub Hotel at the harbor of Clovelly in Devon, Chris Cooper-Smith, Image ID: CR8JFW P71, Fly fishermen in the River Swale near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England, JasonBerlin, Image ID: 2C5H89T P71, Cocksfoot Meadow grass (dactylis glomerata) England UK, paul weston, Image ID: B35442 P78, Basaltic Pillow lava rocks exposed on Llanddwyn beach in island Geopark at Newborough Forest, Isle of Anglesey, North Wales, UK, Britain, PearlBucknall, Image ID: DM2PJW P79, A tour boat in the under cave system at Marble Arch Geo Park, scenicireland.com / Christopher Hill Photographic, Image ID: PDDXKJ P79, Giant Lewisian gneiss rock at Mealista on the south west coast of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Lizzie Shepherd/robertharding, Image ID: D1GHKB P79, Eshaness peninsula, shows a cross section of a 395 mil. year old volcano, Shetland islands, Scotland., Danita Delimont, Image ID: E8RGE9 P81, A Cotswold beech wood in autumn - Frith Wood (Morley Penistan Nature Reserve) at Bulls Cross, Gloucestershire UK, Cotswolds Photo Library, Image ID: B7JCMX P86, Autumn Colours over the Lake, Llyn Mair, Edward Laxton, Image ID: R995DG P86, Dduallt Manor, manor house, part dating from the 15th century. Oliver Cromwell allegedly stayed here during his campaign against the Royalists in Nort, Nik Taylor, Image ID: KDCKPR P87, Leaves and acorns of Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea), Fagaceae., Universal Images Group North America LLC / DeAgostini, Image ID: HMPFTT P89, The Lake District in Autumn, a view over Borrowdale towards Derwent Water, Cumbria, UK, Nigel Wilkins, Image ID: 2ABHP27 (cropped) P92, Autumn colours at Loch Drunkie in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, Scotland, Andrew Wilson, Image ID: F527WB P92, Walkers in Achray Forest near Aberfoyle, Phil Seale, Image ID: CCB7MM P94, A Cotswold beech wood in autumn - Frith Wood (Morley Penistan Nature Reserve) at Bulls Cross, Gloucestershire UK, Cotswolds Photo Library Creative, Image ID: B0NN5D P95, Petworth House and lake with golden autumn trees, www.mjt.photography, Image ID: 2AEK53C P96-97, Mortimer Forest in Autumn, near Ludlow, Shropshire, England, John Hayward, Image ID: DKBC0K P102, Private no access to farm land Derbyshire Peak District Monsal Dale England UK, ACORN 1, Image ID: E407MJ P104, The wetlands and lowlands of the Lincolnshire Fens during an early Autumn morning near Kate's Bridge, Thurlby, South Lincolnshire, UK, Steven Booth, Image ID: M1MFGH P106, View across the village of Selborne from the top of the zig-zag path created by Gilbert White with three satellite tracking domes beyond. Hampshire UK., Images by Russell, Image ID: 2C3YXCX P108, Windsor Castle flying Royal Standard viewed down the Long Walk with walkers, in autumnal colour with dramatic shafts of sunlight and sky Berkshire UK, Ian Shaw, Image ID: F7KJGT

They certainly sell. My best 2 sales this month are macro shots of insects. Having said that, there is a lot of competition with some subjects, such as butterflies and bees, so it can be hard to stand out. Of course there are a lot of insect species, so it's worth trying to find and photograph the rarer species, and life stages, etc. As with photography of people, it can help if the bugs are doing something!

Interesting that they do work in some cases! Doesn't Hector scare other garden birds away too?

Thanks very much for the spot, Steve.

I think it's been over 48 hours, but it seems to be starting to update now - I can see a few of my photos captioned 2 days ago coming through.

Had a welcome flurry of 6 sales today - 3 for presentation/newsletter (UK), and 3 distributor sales to Germany, so no big money unfortunately. This was the best priced licence - mid/high $$ for a German magazine, but I only get 30%: This was one of the presentation/newsletter licences at very low $$ (the rose garden at Loseley Park):

2 sales reported this morning - one a tiddler for Culture Trip, and this one for high $$ to the US (RF, no other information).

Thanks for sharing this interesting story, Sally. Pigeons are certainly survivors, and not easily deterred, but we tend to forget how important they have been in wartime. It's a shame they're so widely disliked. The pigeon using remembrance poppies for her nest is really poignant.

I quite like this angry-looking owl, which is failing to deter the pigeons!

Guardian online 04 September 2020 Week in Wildlife https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2020/sep/04/the-week-in-wildlife-in-pictures Red Eft of Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) - DuPont State Recreational Forest near Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA, Bill Gozansky, Image ID: 2CDW04M Bull moose Shiras Alces alces shirasi closeup in green forest vegetation, Steve Boice, Image ID: 2CDT1J5

Thanks for including one of mine.

Mine was a little below average with 8 sales for $166 gross. The good news is that I'm due my best ever payment.

A Presentation use sale, low $$ - happy to get any sale on a Bank holiday.