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Reeds, Wetland Lake

Reeds, Wetland Lake

More of the vegetation on the margin of the new pool in the Smestow Valley, this time a patch of the reeds.

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Lime hawk moth caterpillar

Lime hawk moth caterpillar

Lime hawk moth caterpillar, large and green, walking across a pavement surprisingly quickly.

Lime hawk moth caterpillar

It had dropped out of a lime tree just in front of me.

Lime hawk moth caterpillar

The structure sticking up or out was at the rear end, tail-like. The caterpillars of other hawk-moth species have similar structures.

Lime hawk moth caterpillar

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Fallen feather

Fallen feather

Single iridescent feather, probably from a magpie, which was lying in the middle of the towpath.

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Unripe elderberries

Unripe elderberries

Elderberries at different stages of ripening, even though they were growing on the same bush and pictured at the same time.

Unripe elderberries

They are one of the fruits which which looks likely to produce a good crop this year.

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Red hot poker

Red hot poker

Kniphofia, or more familiarly red hot poker, flower growing in a bed at the back of the West Park Tea Rooms.

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Moorhen and chick on flattened reeds

Moorhen and chick on flattened reeds

Something seemed to have caught the attention of this moorhen and young chick as they stood on a flattened bed of reeds.

Moorhen and chick on flattened reeds