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Pale pieris leaves

Pale pieris leaves

I like the variations in the red tones in the leaves of these bushes – this one is in West Park.

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Snail through a shed window

Snail through a shed window

A snail obligingly crawled down the outside of a window on a rainy day, giving me a chance to get a series of pictures of it as seen from below.

Snail through a shed window

Snail through a shed window

Snail through a shed window

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Sow thistle flowers

Sow thistle flowers

A surprisingly common wayside flower.

Sow thistle flowers

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Greater celandine flowers

Greater celandine flowers

The greater celandines I have managed to spot this year all seem to be growing in places which discourage a close approach. These pictures are of plants growing in a clump on a patch of sloping ground with brambles.

Greater celandine flowers

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Insect on a dandelion seed-head

Insect on a dandelion seed-head

I don’t know what kind of insect this was. Whenever I’ve seen them in the past, it has been near farmland – specifically, close to fields where rape is flowering.

Insect on a dandelion seed-head

This time, there were a lot of them in the Smestow Valley LNR. This one stayed still long enough for me to grab its picture.

Insect on a dandelion seed-head

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Plants growing from mortar

Plant growing from mortar

These small plants were all growing from the mortar in the same brick wall.

Plant growing from mortar

Plant growing from mortar