Two muscovy duck drakes standing together, one preening vigorously, at the edge of the pool in Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge. The single female, meanwhile, was swimming nearby.
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Red clover flowers coming level with the tops of the grass leaves growing in the Smestow Valley Reserve’s Barley Field.
Two of this year’s four cygnets on West Park lake. They had found a food-rich area in a spot where one of the weeping willows overshadowed the water.
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Japanese anemone, flower buds
Japanese anemone flower buds just on the point of opening.
Couple of the young Canada geese at Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge on land near the edge of the lake, stalking round looking dinosaur-like, preening, and searching for titbits to eat. All the birds in the gosling crèche were wandering round in the vicinity.
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Coot preening, young chicks nearby
Coot and chicks on one of the islands in the West Park lake, the coot on a brnach, busy preening, while the still very young chicks were swimming inches away.
