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Dandelion overhanging canal

Dandelion overhanging canal

One stalk of a dandelion which had already shed its seeds was standing proud over the water of the canal.

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Spring butterflies: holly blues

Spring butterflies: holly blues

Holly blue butterflies are a regular April feature along the canal footpath near Compton. This year they seemed even more evident. There was a new one resting either on the ivy in the hedgerow, or on the footpath itself, every ten yards or so.

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Spring flowers: purple vetch

Spring flowers: purple vetch

Peeping out among all the other vegetation, the purple flowers of a vetch – a wildflower member of the pea and bean family,

Spring flowers: purple vetch
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Spring butterflies: comma

Spring butterflies: comma

Comma butterfly spreading and moving its wings to warm itself in the sun. It never quite folded the wings to show the comma mark on the undersides.

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Early spring flowers: greater celandine

Early spring flowers: greater celandine

Greater celandines, a member of the poppy family. Lesser celandines, which flower somewhat earlier in the spring, are conversely from the buttercup family. It’s hard to spot what they have in common beyond being two of the may wildflowers which have yellow flowers.

Early spring flowers: greater celandine
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Early spring flowers: red campion

Early spring flowers: red campion

Pink campions, like the white-flowered version, are hedgerow plants. Most of the ones I notice are growing beside canal footpaths.