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Red admiral butterfly, underwing

Red admiral butterfly feeding on ivy

A red admiral butterfly feeding with its wings folded showing the less decorated underside.

Its long tongue allows it to hold its head high as it feeds on one of the bunch of flowers it is standing on.

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Fly agaric peeping through the detritus

Peeping through the detritus

A fly agaric mushroom is recogisable only bythe distinctive colours of its cap as it peeps through fallen leaves.

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Autumn leaves, Bantock Park

Autumn leaves

Leaves from one of the trees in the post earlier today here.

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Comma butterfly with hairy body

Comma butterfly feeding on ivy

As it fed on the ivy flowers, this comma butterfly kept flexing its wings. Its hairy body became very obvious when the wings were near the horizontal.

Comma butterfly feeding on ivy

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Leaves turning yellow, Bantock Park

Autumn trees, Bantock Park

Trees by the Pitch and Putt at Bantock Park as their leaves changed colour for the autumn.

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November blackberries

November blackberries

Blackberries, ripe and ripening, on a sunny morning earlier this month.