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Dragonfly on barley stalks

Dragonfly on barley stalk

Dragonfly landing on a barley stalk, and sunbathing at rest on barley stalks.

Perhaps the same species as the dragonfly featured yesterday – possibly even the same individual, as these pictures were taken on pretty much the direct opposite side of the river.

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Knobbly oak-apple

Knobbly oak-apple

Recently-formed oak apple with a knobbly surface, growing on a sapling in the beer garden of the Combermere Arms, Chapel Ash.

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Male migrant hawker dragonfly

Migrant hawker, Avon valley

Male migrant hawker dragonfly hanging from a dry umbellifer stem by the river just downstream of Stratford on Avon, warming itself in the morning sunshine. Although this one was by a river, it is a species which prefers still waters for breeding.

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Ripening rosehips

Ripening rosehips

The last traces of green on the point of disappearing, the first suggestions of the red of the ripe fruit beginning to show on this cluster of rosehips.

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Moorhen chick, wind-assisted swimming

Moorhen chick, wind-assisted swimming

Moorhen chick swimming directly down wind, raising its wings to act as sails for extra power.

It is the same bird previously featured here.

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Bindweed growing up a giant hogweed

Bindweed growing up a giant hogweed

Giant hogweed with its stem and branches entwined by a bindweed.