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Beetle on reed leaf

Beetle on reed leaf

Beetle with forking antennae climbing down the leaf of a reed on the edge of the river Worfe.

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Moorhens: adult and well-grown chick

Moorhens: adult and well-grown chick

Moorhen adult and a chick grown to the same size, still in juvenile plumage, both on the nest by the canal at Castlecroft.

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Ox-eye daisy

Oxeye daisy

Flower of an ox-eye daisy, the tallest British daisy, common in wildflower meadows rising above the grasses.

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Unripe artichoke

Unripe artichoke

Artichoke head ripening on the top of its tall stem.

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Rosebay, Turner’s Field

Rosebay willowherb

At the height of summer, parts of Turner’s Field in the Smestow Valley are covered by a mass of rosebay willowherb.

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St John’s wort flower with tiny snail

St John's wort flower with tiny snail

Tiny humbug snail on a petal of a St John’s wort flower the sunny morning after a rainy night.