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Butterfly lavender in flower

Butterfly lavender in flower

Mass of flowers of butterfly lavender, with their delicate “wings” at the tips, in someone’s front garden.

Butterfly lavender in flower

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Host of golden … buttercups

Host of golden ... buttercups

Buttercups have been growing in huge brightly coloured clumps this year in the wetland area next to the Barley Field.

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Botterham Locks

Botterham Locks

The double lock at Botterham, on the canal between Wombourne and Swindon, seen earlier in the spring before most of the trees had their foliage.

Botterham Locks

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Cow, trying to chase its own tail?

Cow trying to chase its own tail?

Cow really stretching its neck backwards. Was it trying to chase its own tail?

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Greens: lichen and moss

Haws on a lichen-encrusted twig

Moss growing through lichen, giving a lo vegetative layer in varying shades of green.

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Mallard ducklings, Wetland Pool

Duckling, Wetland Pool

A pair of mallards at the new pool in Compton Park had nine ducklings at the end of last month. When the chicks were on the water they were hyperactive, darting rapidly, trying to catch flies. These were the best pictures I managed of them.