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Tiny fish

Fish

This fish was in the larger pool in Wightwick Manor garden.

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Holy Austin Rock houses

Holy Austin rock houses

Carved into the sandstone at the top edge of Kinver, these houses had people living in them as recently as the 1950s.

Holy Austin rock houses

The complex, on two levels, is now owned by the National Trust.

Holy Austin rock houses

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Herb robert leaves

Herb robert

This common hedgerow plant has leaves which can range in colour from green to red, here seemingly on the same plant.

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Violets and celandines

Violet

More pictures from the small bank of violets and celandines by the Staffs and Worcs canal.

Celandines

By mid-March the celandines had joined the violets fully in bloom.

Violets and celandines

Violets and celandines

Violets and celandines

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Dock leaves

Dock leaves

The new year’s growth on a dock plant. Many dock leaves have the characteristic marking of red-rimmed flecks: another viral infection?

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Pollen-rich pussy willow catkins

Pussy willow catkins

Bright yellow pollen on a pussy willow by the Staffs & Worcs canal and paler on a tree in Compton Park (middle picture below).

Pussy willow catkins

Pussy willow catkins