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Primroses in a bank of violets

Violets and primroses

A large patch of violets – and just the one clump of primroses.

Bank of violets

Bank of violets

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The Crooked House

Crooked House

This famous pub is a dramatic example of how human activity can impact on the landscape. The crazy distortions from the level can give the feeling of being drunk when entering, without a drop (yet) being taken. Its condition is all down to subsidence from the former mines there.

Crooked House

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Peacock butterfly on a bramble

Peacock butterfly on a bramble

The butterfly was safe in the middle of a bramble patch as it rested with its wings outstretched to warm itself in the morning sunlight.

Peacock butterfly on a bramble

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The real goal of a nature walk

The real goal of a nature walk

O.K., not actually the (only) real goal, but the Mermaid was a very welcome refuge from an unexpected April shower.

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White violets

White violets

A bank of white violets last month.

White violets

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Dramatic dawn

Dawn

A spring sunrise reflected in the windows of a particularly stark concrete building on Wolverhampton College’s Paget Road site.