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Blue hibiscus, Bewdley

Blue hibiscus, Bewdley

Still from the walled garden in the museum at Bewdley, were a variety has been packed into a small space. This hibiscus, its flowers blue rather than the more common red, were fade when we saw them.

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Little egret, Severn, Bewdley

Little egret, Severn, Bewdley

A little egret in the Severn at Bewdley, fishing and preening. Sorry for the quality of the pictures: mobile phone camera aren’t the best for shots of distant wildlife, even if it’s one of the larger birds.

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Fading poppies, Bewdley

Fading poppies, Bewdley

Poppies as their flowering season draws towards a close. The petals of most flowers had already dropped, with the remaining ones fading rapidly.

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Great pond snails, Bewdley

Great pond snails, Bewdley

Once more from the small pond in Bewdley Museum garden, two great pond snails.

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Buff-tailed bumblebee on red sunflower

Buff-tailed bumblebee on red sunflower

A bumblebee shuffling around gathering pollen from a bright red sunflower. Once again, this was in the little gem of a walled garden in the museum at Bewdley.

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Second flowering wisteria, Bewdley

Second flowering wisteria, Bewdley

A white-flowered wisteria putting out a second set of flowers in August. The setting: the beer garden of the George Hotel in Bewdley.