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October dawn on a cloudy day

October dawn

The newly-risen sun shining through the few gaps in the cloud cover earlier this month.

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Margarite flower

Margarite flower

Attractive cultivated daisy, with the flower and as yet unopened buds earlier this month.

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After a squirrel had eaten

After a squirrel had eaten

Outer casing of a conker left by one of the paths in West Park after a squirrel had disposed of the kernel.

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Hoverfly feeding on an ivy flower

Hoverfly feeding on an ivy flower

Ivy comes into flower in October, one of the latest plants to do so.

The flowers don’t look spectacular to the human eye, but they attract lots of feeding insects, especially when the sun comes out.

This hoverfly was just one of many insects feeding on ivy growing by the canal towpath near Compton.

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Blackening waxcap on a lawn

Blackening waxcap on a lawn

Blackening waxcap which had well and truly blackened. I noticed it on the front lawn of a house near the Castlecroft shops.

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Autumnal tree, East Park

Autumnal tree, East Park

One of the trees on the edge of East Park, beginning to change colour last month.