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Moorhen on the edge of the reed patch on the Compton Park pool, contorting itself to preen its feathers.

West Park’s mother heron coming in to land on the overhanging willow tree where the young bird was already standing. As she spreads her wings to keep her balance, she could almost be modelling for modern images of primitive birds and related dinosaurs.

Plantain flower. This species had flowers on a tall stem, standing up over the rest of the plant.

The West Park cygnets are now getting larger and more independant of their parents. Here three of them were on the boating lake, half way between the island and the shore, poking their heads in the water in search of something to eat.

Yellow poppy flower. The other small and out of focus patches of yellow among the green of the grass are buttercups.

Tiny snail of the leaf of a reed on the Compton Park pond. A slender spider is also trying to get in on the act.