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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

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Blackbird on a sunny day

Blackbird on a sunny day

Male blackbird, possibly the same individual as in yesterday’s post, on the lookout for food – this time on a sunnier day. The plumage looks glossier in the contrasty light.

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Blackbird on a cloudy day

Blackbird on a cloudy day

Male blackbird in seach of food on a grassy patch near the river Severn at Bridgnorth recently. Occasionally holding its head on one side, listening for worms.