One of the West Park squirrels burying part of its winter hoard right up by the brick and stonework forming the edge of the lake.
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Slo-mo video of wasp eating
Something else I tried out for the first time: the high speed movie mode on my camera. This is of a wasp eating on an ivy flower.
Hopefully the picture quality will improve with practice. But even on a first try I was stunned watching the segments of the insect’s abdomen moving in relation to one another, and the way the antennae waved around.
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Crab apples ripening
These crab apples were growing on an isolated tree in a field by the Staffs & Worcs canal, which is now part of the Smestow Valley LNR. Back in the days when the narrow boats ran on horse power, the field provided rough grazing for refuelling the beasts overnight.
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Bratch water pumping station
Some signs of autumn colour change in the leaves of the trees surrounding the exuberant Victorian architecture of the water pumping station beside Bratch locks.
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Umbellifer flowers and seeds
Flowers and ripening seeds pictured on the same small umbellifer a few days ago.
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Woody nightshade berries
With a thread of spider’s web catching the sunlight.