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Burdocks caught just as the flowers were going over. It is (or was) the roots of the plant used to make the soft drink.

Gatekeeper butterfly resting on a hawthorn bush as it uses the morning sunshine to get warm enough to be active.

Horse chestnuts beginning to ripen – these were on a tree by the path at the edge of Northycote Farm.

I’m presuming this must have been a young bird: it seemed unconcerned even though it knew I was nearby, much closer than jackdaws usually tolerate.

One flower already open, and another about to, on a shrub of a hibiscus species.

It’s a classic travel brochure shot, but I couldn’t resist the sight of these small fishing boats and their reflections in the calm waters of the harbour in the French resort of Cassis.