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Castle wallflowers, Bridgnorth

Castle wallflowers, Bridgnorth

Wallflowers living up to their name on the rugged remains of the castle at Bridgnorth.

Castle wallflowers, Bridgnorth

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Northycote Feeder, March 2016

Long-tailed tit

A busy morning at the Northycote Farm bird feeding station recently: four species of titmice and a nuthatch. All pictures taken within a space of ten minutes.

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Frosted umbellifer

Frosted umbellifer

What a difference a month makes!

Towards the end of February, a frosty morning and ice crystals thickly coating the remains of one of last year’s umbellifers in Compton Rough.

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Tufted duck on and by the Severn, Bridgnorth

Tufted duck on the Severn, Bridgnorth

In among the geese and mallards which haunt the river by Severn Bridge in Bridgnorth, a lone male tufted duck.

When he gets out of the water, his feet look huge.

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Green bottles in springtime

Green bottles in springtime

Birds do it, bees do it. So, apparently, in the warmth of a springtime sun, do green bottle flies.

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Exe estuary 201602 – last moorings

Last mooring

Landscapes with boats left at their last moorings, gradually decaying. The larger boat has been slowly reverting to nature for at least a decade.

Last mooring