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Dandelion clocks

Dandelion clocks

Two dandelion seed heads: one as yet undisturbed, the other with almost all the seed already dispersed.

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Ladybird on a nettle leaf

Ladybird on nettle leaf

This was one of several ladybirds on a nettle patch.

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Horse chestnut flower

Horse chestnut flower

The distinctive flower of a horse chestnut tree.

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Mushroom

Field mushroom

This is probably a field mushroom, though it is hard to be sure because only the top of the cap was visible.

It was growing through the gap in the pavement left for one of the trees which line Tettenhall Road.

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Buttercup and fly

Buttercup

A fly feeding on an early buttercup in mid May. The head and body of the fly are flecked with bright yellow pollen.

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Hawthorn blossom

Hawthorn flower

This hawthorn blossom was coming out, in line with its alternative name, precisely in the middle of May.