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West Park erratic, dawn

West Park erratic, dawn

Looking past the largest of the erratics in West Park and over the floral beds to the pre-dawn sky in late September.

West Park erratic, dawn

Here the big rock can just about be made out in the lower right of the picture.

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Wolverhampton dawn

Wolverhampton dawn

At the end of September, sunrise is about seven o’clock, so an alarm clock isn’t needed to get up to see the colours of the dawn. In the minutes before the sun actually rises there can be stunning colours in the sky over Wolverhampton city centre as seen from West Park.

Wolverhampton dawn

Sunrise is around seven o’clock again at the end of October, just after the clocks go back.

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White duck and white goose

White goose

This goose and duck seemed to be operating as an ill-assorted pair, at least for the purposes of trying to hustle bread from me as I walked along a towpath.

White duck

White plumage in water fowls means they are probably domesticated, though possibly now escapees.

White duck and goose

They were hanging out on the canal at Wightwick recently.

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Autumn roses after rain

Autumn rose after rain

Still weather where there are lots of chances for spotting the water lingering on plants after the latest bout of rain.

Here are a couple of roses I noticed recently.

Autumn rose after rain