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Cormorant looking for prey

Cormorant looking for prey

West Park’s semi-resident cormorant on its favourite perch high over boating lake island, on the look out for something to eat.

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Goldfinch on a buddleia twig

Goldfinch on a buddleia twig

Goldfinch pausing to look around as it stands on buddleia twigs before deciding whether it is safe to eat at a feeder on the bush.

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Buddleia leaves on a frosty morning

Buddleia leaves on a frosty morning

Buddleia leaves covered in ice crystals on a frosty morning during the recent cold spell.

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Turkey tail fungus, mouldy

Turkey tail fungus, mouldy

Turkey tail fungus, growing on a tree stump. Furry because it has another fungus or a mould growing on it.

Turkey tail fungus, mouldy

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Spring flowers: snowdrops, Bantock Park

Spring flowers: snowdrops, Bantock Park

More advanced than the crocus (yesterday’s post) these snowdrops growing a few steps away in Bantock Park were pictured at the same time.

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Spring flowers: yellow crocus, Bantock Park

Spring flowers: yellow crocus, Bantock Park

Yellow crocus in Bantock Park, the flower buds on the point of opening in the last week of January.

Spring flowers: yellow crocus, Bantock Park