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Piglets from two different litters of Gloucester Old Spots at Northycote Farm.

They have already featured in a series of posts as they grew, most recently here.

They’re now getting so big they won’t be piglets much longer.

Greenfinch eating at the feeding station at Northycote Farm.

Nuthatch which also came along a couple of minutes later.

Pods holding the ripening seeds on a broom bush growing by one of the stiles giving access to the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve.

Toadflax in flower by the Wom Brook Walk near the centre of Wombourne earlier this week.

Giant polypores are common bracket-like fungi which grow on wood. They often grow at the base of trees or, as here, on roots some distance from the trunk.

The fruiting bodies can appear in the same spot year after year, like this one in West Park.

Bumblebees on an early morning search for nectar, finding a prime source in some hollyhocks.