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Perton swan and cygnets

Cygnets, Perton pool

Cygnets on the main pool at Perton …

Swan and cygnets, Perton pool

and with one of the parents.

Cygnet, Perton pool

Pictures of the same swan family one week earlier here and here.

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Thistle flower opening, Wyken

Thistle flower opening, Worfield

Thistle with a flower on the point of opening, near to Wyken on the Bridgnorth road.

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Dunnock, West Park

Dunnock, West Park

Dunnock walking along the ground in West Park recently.

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Rosebay willowherb starting to flower

Rosebay willowherb starting to flower

Rosebay willowherb flowers are just starting to open. This one was taken by the canal near Wightwick at the weekend.

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Orchid flowers, Baggeridge

Early marsh orchid flower, Baggeridge

Orchids flowering in a damp meadow on the side of Toposcope Hill in Baggeridge Country Park.

Early marsh orchid flower, Baggeridge

I think they were early marsh orchids.

Early marsh orchid flower, Baggeridge

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Heading for shore

Goslings, West Park

The first of yesterday’s goslings spots the shore, and responds with a burst of speed.