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Sycamore buds

Sycamore buds

The buds of a sycamore before they unfolded. A tiny ladybird can just be seen nestling where the buds join the branch.

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Female blackbird

Female blackbird

This parrot featured on Wednesday landed on the same tree less than ten minutes later.

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Umbellifer

Umbilifer

Possibly cow parsley – it’s hard to be sure before the flowers come out.

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Parrot

Parrot

A parrot flying up and down the river Severn at Bridgnorth: here perching on a horse chestnut and eating some of the young buds.

It must be an escape, but apparently it has been flying wild for some months now.

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Horsetail

Field horsetail

A real plant from the dawn of time.

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Lesser black backed gull

Lesser black backed gull

This gull on a small beach by the river Severn at Bridgnorth was hoping to profit from the bread thrown to the ducks and geese in the same area.