Single moorhen chick together with one parent.
They were swimming and feeding on the canal near Compton.
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Orchids, Doulton Clay Pits
Close-ups of some of the orchids growing on the floor of the Doulton Claypit in the Saltwells Nature Reserve.
They are either southern marsh orchids, common spotted orchids, or crosses between these two species.
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Lone orchid, Doulton Clay Pit
A single orchid in front of the contrasting yellow flowers of iris and yellow rattle, in a marshy area of the former quarry on the Saltwells Nature Reserve.
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Crow on a street light
Carrion crow using a street light near the Mermaid Inn on Bridgnorth Road as a base for watching its territory.
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Bee on a lavender flower
Bee with pollen on its back hairs as it gathers nectar from the lavender patch in the little park opposite Broad Street Basin
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Spiderlet nursery
The tiny dots in this web show, on close viewing, as tiny, newly emerged spiderlets. Their species is the nursery spider
