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Horsetail, unopened

Horsetail, unopened

A horsetail, a “living fossil” primitive plant, before its leaves open to create the supposed similarity to a horse’s tail.

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Feeding time at Northycote Farm

Birds taking advantage of the seed and peanut feeders at Northycote Farm. Great tits and blue tits, and a visit from a coal tit.

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Cormorant and greater black-backed gulls

Cormorant, Longmoor Pool

Cormorant sharing the obviously well-used platform at Longmoor Pool, Sutton Park, with a group of greater black backed gulls.

Cormorant and greater black-backed gulls

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Nuthatch on a feeder

Nuthatch on seed feeder

Nuthatch doing its walking downwards act as it samples the peanuts in the feeder at Northycote Farm.

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Wallflower

Wallflower

This wallflower was a plant I spotted growing on the edge of someone’s front garden.

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Icknield Street, Sutton Park

Icknield Street, Sutton Park

A one and a half mile section of the Roman road of Icknield Street runs through the western side of Sutton Park, where it forms one of the bridle paths.

Icknield Street, Sutton Park