A very big and conical nest on one of the tall trees overlooking Compton Mill lock.
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Conical magpie nest
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Distant brimstone butterfly
The yellow smudge in these pictures is a brimstone butterfly resting on a bush, right at the limit of my lens’s zoom ability. It’s a male: the females are paler. A few minutes later one was seen fluttering in the distance, likely the same individual.
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Early spring flowers: white dead nettle
Red dead nettles have been flowering for some weeks. The white flowered version are just starting to catch up with them.
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Early spring flowers: ribwort plantain
OK, not flowers, because plantains are non-flowering plants. This one was growing by the edge of a pavement.
Most of the bluebells along the Railway Walk are not showing signs of flowering for a little while yet. But one small patch where the path goes through a cutting is ahead of the rest.
Zooming in on the marsh marigold flowers from the recent post.