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A young frog, or at least a small frog, pausing as it crossed bare ground.

There are mature hornbeams among the trees in several of Wolverhampton’s parks. These catkins were on a tree in Bantock Park

Female blackbird on short grass in Bantock Park, hunting for things to eat. Possibly trying to build up her fat reserves in preparation for sitting on the nest.

As nature gets more eventful with the setting in of spring, the time lag between pictures being taken and being posted here tends to go up every year.

The peak time for marsh marigold flowering was the middle of April, which was when these shots were taken. They are from the edges of the ponds in Bantock Park, Old Nursery Wood and Compton Park.

Two peacock butterflies on the path by the canal at Dimmingsdale. In the middle of a sunny morning, warming themselves in the sun before they took wing.

Ribwort plantain, the flowers on one plant as they began to open. Pictres taken the beginning and end of the same week.