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Last time I visited Northycote Farm one of the ducks looking like it had just finished smearing its chest feathers in mud.

Dwarveshatstand, or policeman’s helmet, or Himalayan balsam, flowering. Look out for this tall weed by a canal near you.

Last month’s full moon rises over a former chateau (now luxury apartments) on a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean.

Blue-tailed damselfly resting on vegetation hanging over the canal at Castlecroft.

Wetland Lake is the landscape water feature of the new development in Compton Park. Until yesterday it was surrounded by buildersfencing which meant it was only visible from a distance.

The lake is fed by a previously culverted section of the Graiseley brook. The lake has already established vegetation and a wooden footbridge, from which this picture was taken.

It’s already beginning to attract wildlife: a first quick stroll across the bridge gave a view of dragonflies as well as other water insects.

Safe up a tree on an island in the lake at West Park, a heron stays watchful.

It even kept an eye on me.