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Rosebay willowherb opening

Rosebay willowherb opening

A rosebay willowherb comes into flower, the flowers lower down on the stem opening first.

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Ripening rowan berries

Ripening rowan berries

Rowan (mountain ash) berries beginning to ripen on a tree on the edge of the Barley Field.

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Abstract (speculum)

Abstract (speculum)

I thought this view centring on the speculum of a mallard drake coming out of eclipse plumage formed a pleasant abstract composition.

Mallard drake

The whole duck in view as it stood by the edge of the West Park boating lake.

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Dead oak

Dead oak: distant view

Dead oak tree, seen across a cornfield from a footpath leaving the Solihull village of Balsall Common, and from closer to.

Dead oak: closer view

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Umbellifer seeds with ladybird

Umbellifer seeds with ladybird

Ladybird wandering round on the seeds of an umbellifer, which were drying out as they ripened.

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Reed flowering

Reed flowering

One of the reeds on the margin of the Pool Hall fishing lake last month, when it was flowering.