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Lesser black-backed gull preening, afloat

Lesser black-backed gull preening, afloat

One of the West Park floack of lesser black-backed gulls, taking care of its feathers while floating on the lake.

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Water mint flowers

Water mint flowers

Water mint flowers – these among the vegetation around the pond at Compton Park.

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Green-veined white butterflies feeding

Green-veined white butterfly feeding

These butterflies are small and white, but it is the prominent greenish veins on their underwings which give them their name.

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Burdock, going to seed

Burdock, going to seed

Burdocks, the flowers having gone over and the seeds beginning to develop, enclosed in their sphere of hooked projections which cling effectively to fur (or clothing) for dispersal.

Burdock, going to seed

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Bees gathering pollen from balsam flowers

Bee gathering pollen from balsam flower

Bees busy gathering, deep in the flowers of himalayan balsam, then emerging, sometimes backwards.

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Purple loosestrife in full flower

Purple loosestrife in full flower

Purple loosestrife flowering. Look out for it at the edge of water: here the pool in Compton Park.

Purple loosestrife in full flower