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Goosander fishing, afloat

Goosander fishing, afloat

Goosander drake, almost certainly the same bird seen in the previous post. These pictures, taken half an hour later that the others, show the bird as it was swimming quickly downstream on the Severn, frequently diving for fish as it went.

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Goosander resting, ashore

Goosander resting, ashore

Goosander drake, resting on the gravel beach at the tip of the Bylet by Low Town bridge at Bridgnorth. A lone bird, which was quite likely having a short rest on its spring migration.

Goosander resting, ashore

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Pasqueflowers, going over

Pasqueflowers, going over

Pasqueflowers beginning to show the signs of age. The flowers on the same plant a couple of weeks earlier can be seen here.

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Roots (tree at quarry edge)

Roots (tree at quarry edge)

Tree growing right at the edge of a small former sandstone quarry in woodland near Quatford.

Roots (tree at quarry edge)

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Swimming over water

Swimming over water

Female mallard swimming upsteam on the Smestow Brook as the stream crosses the Tunstall Water Bridge with the canal below.

Swimming over water

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Towering lichen

Towering lichen

Lichen growing on a rock by a small pond between Wolverhampton Science Park and the canal. In my imagination forming a forest of towers, a fraction of an inch high and broadening at the top like the bell of a trumpet.

Towering lichen