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Lone poppy

Lone poppy

Poppy on its own flowering on the edge of Barley Field a few days ago.

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Geese and goslings in the boating lake

Gosling, West Park

Another visit to West Park to see the geese and young goslings featured here and here.

Geese and goslings, West Park

This time they were all swimming at the edge of the boating lake.

Goslings, West Park

Goose and goslings, West Park

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Bryony, Saltwells

Bryony, Saltwells

Bryony climbing to the top of a hedge on the Saltwells Nature Reserve in Quarry Bank.

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Views from toposcope hill

Clent Hills

From Toposcope Hill in Baggeridge Country Park the closest hills are the Clents.

The Wrekin

The whale-back ridge of the Wrekin is distinctive.

Titterstone Clee

The dome of the air traffic control radar on Brown Clee was just about visible through the heat haze the day this picture was taken.

Brown Clee

Titterstone Clee.

Long Mynd

The Long Mynd is … long.

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Teal drake, West Park

Teal drake, West Park

The showy plumage of Britain’s smallest duck species.

Teal drake, West Park

Teal on West Park lake, pictured just before it went into eclipse.

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Hanging by a thread

Hanging by a thread

Insect, apparently levitating in mid-air. It’s caught on a single strand of spider silk.