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Peacock butterfly resting

Peacock butterfly resting

Catching the spring sun.

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Wild cherry flowering

Wild cherry flowering

Plenty of flowers here, but it looks positively restrained compared to the Japanese cherry below.

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Japanese cherry flowering

Japanese cherry flowering

The almost overpowering profusion of blossom is a clue that this is cultivated.

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Fluffed out catkins

Fluffed out pussy willow catkins

A few days previously, these had seemed a vivid yellow.

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Velvet shank mushroom

St George's mushroom

Growing from a small tree stump by the Smestow Valley railway walk. This is the third or fourth type of fungus the stump has supported since the start of 2011.

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St George’s mushroom

St George's mushroom

Supposedly named because it appears on the saint’s day (today)l, but this one was already up right at the start of the month. and crushed within a couple of days because it was too obvious to pedestrians.