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Beautiful demoiselle, flower going over

Beautiful demoiselle, flower going over

Green and red colours of a female beautiful demoiselle damselfly resting on the remains of a flower by the river Worfe.

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Common tern, Pool Hall

Common tern

The best picture I managed to get of a graceful common tern as it circled the fishing lake at Pool Hall by the Staffs & Worcs canal.

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Orchids, Netherton Hill

orchid, Netherton Hill

Orchids growing in meadows and marshy areas on the slopes of Netherton Hill.

orchid, Netherton Hill

Seen while on a guided walk of the Saltwells Nature Reserve at the end of June, led by the warden of the reserve.

orchid, Netherton Hill

orchid, Netherton Hill

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Orchid, Saltwells

Orchid, Saltwells

An orchid growing in a meadow very near the car park of the Saltwells Nature Reserve, Quarry Bank.

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Yarrow by a canal

Yarrow by a canal

Yarrow with its flowers just beginning to open. This one was growing on the edge of the canal bank.

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Seen from below

Seen from below

Very tall umbellifer (not a giant hogweed) so I was able to get a picture looking up to the flower with the sky beyond.