A copper beech with newly unfurled leaves and its spring feathers. The intense red colour will fade as the season progresses.
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Copper beech, very red, flowering
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Lone grebe with young, Pool Hall
A great created grebe carrying one or possibly two young chicks on its back as it swims across the angling water at Pool Hall. It’s somewhere I would struggle to get to in my current condition: the pictures were taken ten yeats ago.
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Deer feeding, Cannock Chase
A small group of deer feeding round the base of a tree on the edge of Cannock Chase. The pictures date back to 2011, but I never previously got round to posting them.
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Possible mallard / Aylesbury cross swimming
The mallard cross duck which recently showed up on West Park lake looks like it might be settling in, at least for a little while. It seems to be hanging round with the same mallard drake, which is somewhat the smaller of the two.
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Turtle and two geese
Another sunny day in West Park, and the turtle once again out sunning itself on its fallen log. This time, it was joined by two Canada geese standing out of the water.
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Tiny beetle, long antennae
This tiny beetle was walking around on a leaf, possibly eating some of the grains of pollen which had fallen there. One of many beetle species with antennae which are very long in proportion to their bodies.