Wallflowers flowering on a wall: the leaning stonework of the remains of Bridgnorth castle.
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Early spring flowers: hybrid lily
A lily in the front garden of one of the houses opposite Bantock Park: a shortish stem and distinctive coloured flower.
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Bylet ducklings
By the downstream end of the Bylet at Bridgnorth, a mallard with nine ducklings which looked like they may have hatched earlier that morning. The ducklings were enthusiastically exploring, with a couple of them swimming some distance from the protective gaze of the mother.
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Early spring flowers: canalside cowslip
A single cowslip growing by the edge of the water of the canal near Compton.
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Bylet goslings
Goslings in the sidestream of the Severn along the Bylet at Bridgnorth. There’s two broods here: one of four goslings, the other of two.
The fluffy goslings are likely to have hatched that day, or the day before.
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Early spring flowers: horsetails
Looking like a miniature conifer wood, a cluster of horsetails, non-flowering plants triving as weeds.
