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Dock seed-head with web

Dock seeds with web

A spider had thoroughly entangled the top of this ageing dock plant, which was right on the edge of the canal at Castlecroft.

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Comma butterfly moving as it feeds on ivy

Comma butterfly feeding on ivy

Comma butterfly feeding on ivy flowers. Both pictures show its long tongue reaching out for nectar.

Comma butterfly feeding on ivy

It moved, showing the two wings on either side of its body. As far as I know, all butterflies have four wings, but commas are one of the few species which hold themselves so that it is easy to see each wing.

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Bantock Park blackbird feeding

Bantock Park blackbird feeding

Male blackbird probing the ground recently between the fallen leaves in search of something to eat.

Bantock Park blackbird feeding

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Young cones

Young cones

Cones just beginning to form on an exotic conifer in a front garden facing Compton Road.

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Autumn leaves with head of horse sculpture

Autumn leaves with head of horse sculpture

One of the running horse sculptures along the Wolverhampton to Birmingham railway line, its paint peeling and the metal underneath rusting.

Only the head was visible over the wall near Smethwick Rolfe Street station. I liked the juxtaposition of colours and textures with the autumn leaves forming the backdrop.

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Bunches of grapes

Bunches of grapes

Ripening grapes dangling from a vine which is trained over a front gate locally.

I was surprised how well they had done, especially after the weather we have had this year.