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Hopeful coot chick

Hopeful coot chick

Coot chick on West Park lake, heading towards me in the soon to be disappointed hope of being fed.

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Flag irises with seed

Flag iris with seed

Seed cases (pods?) on yellow flag irises. The seeds are dispersed by water.

Flag iris with seed

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How do we make a V?

How do we make a V?

Large group of Canada geese circling round before they came in to land on the fishing lake at Pool Hall. They were communicating with each other very noisily, but not flying in the usual V formation.

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Green: unidentified insect on grass seed head

Green: unidentified insect on grass seed head

It’s an insect, though I don’t know what type. It’s green. It’s on a grass seed-head.

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Nettle, seeds beginning to ripen

Nettle, seeds beginning to ripen

Nettle growing by the edge of a canal, its leaves and ripening seeds back-lit by the mid-morning sun.

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Poppies and ripening wheat

Poppies on the edge of a wheat field

Poppies at the edge of a field of almost ripe wheat, and a closer view of an ear of the cereal.