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Figwort, flowers about to open

Figwort, flowers about to open

Figwort growing by the edge of the canal between Compton and Wightwick, its flowers just beginning to open a few days ago

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Keeping an (ox)eye out

Keeping an (ox)eye out

Oxeye daisy flowers, these growing by the Birmingham Canal part way along the twentyone locks.

Keeping an (ox)eye out

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Goose-stepping gosling, feeding

Goose-stepping gosling, feeding

The same greylag gosling featured in the previous post. As soon as it reached the grassy area at the side of the path it settled down, and kept stretching its neck out to grab a bite to eat.

Goose-stepping gosling, feeding

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Goose-stepping gosling

Goose-stepping gosling

One of a pair of this year’s greylag goslings in West Park, now getting well grow, already adopting the adult goose step as it walked along the lakeside path.

Goose-stepping gosling

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Large white butterfly on dandelion

Large white butterfly on dandelion

Large white butterfly feeding on a dandelion – the blue coloration is a reflection of the sky’s.

Large white butterfly on dandelion

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Cowslips, going to seed

Cowslip, going to seed

Cowslips on the wildflower meadow at Springvale Park. Flowering over, the seeds now beginning to develop.

Cowslip, going to seed