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Umbellifer seeding

Umbellifer seeding

Roadside umbellifer with its flowers beginning to turn into seeds.

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Birdsfoot trefoil by a canal

Birdsfoot trefoil by a canal

Hanging over the edge of the canal at Castlecroft, a flowering birdsfoot trefoil.

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Meadow brown, Baggeridge

Meadow brown

Meadow brown butterfly resting on one piece of vegetation after another at Baggeridge Country Park.

Meadow brown

Meadow brown

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Goslings almost grown

Goslings almost grown

Brood of West Park goslings pictured here in a series of posts since they were small and fluffy (most recently here) are now entering into adult plumage.

Geese and growing goslings

All seven young, and the parents, still seem to be thriving.

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Shells, now and then

Fossil shells

Fossil shells in a chunk of limestone.

Shell

Nearby a modern shell rests on a chunk of limestone, by the shore near the French resort of Cassis.

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More Baggeridge orchids

Orchid

A few of the many orchids growing at the grassy edge of a wooded area in Baggeridge Country Park recently.

Orchid

Orchid leaves

Most of the plants had spotted leaves.

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid