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Placed 4^th in the challenge. (or Battle of Britain Memorial Flight), where the chocolate sprinkle resembles an Avro Lancaster, a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane - famous WWII aircraft that are still flying!

Great picture - well deserved winner. Well done!

Placed 11^th in the challenge. (Morus bassanus) Having a maximum lifespan of up to 35 years, adult gannets are large and bright white with black wingtips. They are distinctively shaped with a long neck and long pointed beak, long pointed tail, and long pointed wings.

Placed 39^th in the challenge. Redshank (Tringa totanus; probably juvenile) admiring his own reflection in the water.

Placed 17^th in the challenge. (Aeshna juncea - female) Might also be an Azure Hawker (Aeshna caerulea - male), as it does not have the yellow markings normally associated with the Common Hawker. It is more likely to be what it is titled due to where the photograph was taken.

Placed 24^th in the challenge. (Pararge aegeria) It flies in partially shaded woodland with dappled sunlight.

Thanks for the comment. Hope you are all well - PM to follow, with much more detail!

Placed 2^nd in the challenge. The Jackdaws at Bempton Cliffs RSPB Nature Reserve wait around the cafe for visitors to feed them They sit. like this one, on the fencing posts and the rope fencing!

My wife and I both get this problem ocasionally when we try to submit. Not knowing a work round for it we have learned to keep our descriptions short enough for the tick box to be available to use. ...

Maybe, hopefully, the host is on holiday. They are entitled to a rest at some point during the year as the give up a lot of time to provide fun for others. Let us hope that it is nothing worse than ...

Lovely shot, Ruth - well done!

Placed 7^th in the challenge. Older females may develop some red along the midline and segment boundaries of the abdomen. The length is about 34-36mm and the flight perio is from: June to October. This one was photographed at a Buttrfly Reserve in the east of the UK.

Placed 6^th in the challenge.

Placed 4^th in the challenge.

Have to agree that it is good to get rid of some of the challenges that are so obscure that they attract few, if any entries. While I totally agree with the fact that fresh new challenges are ...

Some excellent points Trevor. We all see all colours very differently, as any optician would probablt agree, so this does present a major challenge where a colour is specified in a challenge. ...

Placed 11^th in the challenge. Conwy in north Wales, showing the castle and the old town. Taken from across the estuary of the River Conwy.

Placed 24^th in the challenge. (Haematopus ostralegus) Flying over Holme Dunes Nature Reserve in Norfolk, UK.

The problem is probably not one of personal preference. The question might be put differently - do the rules of the challenge actually state that pictures should not be watermarked or contain the ...

Placed 5^th in the challenge. On the East Coast Main Line in the UK, serving the city of York, North Yorkshire. It is 188 miles (303.4 km) north of London. It is one of the most important stations on the British railway network because of its role as a junction approximately halfway between London and Edinburgh. The present station was opened in 1877, but has been significantly modified over the years. It was designated as a Grade II listed building in 1968.