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Catkins (male flowers) on a pedunculate oak tree, releasing pollen to be spread by the wind, and adding to the current phase of the hay fever season.

Female orange tip butterfly feeding on a dandelion flower.

Carrion crow on the roof of a garage. Bright but low sunlight shows details of the plumage not normally visible.

Bluebells growing under the cover of trees in the wildflower meadow area at Bantock Park.

Seen early Sunday morning, the young West Park greylag goose goslings on a daisy-strewn patch of short grass, eating enthusiastically.

The parents were just out of shot, alert on guard.

Meadow foxtail – one of the grasses in the wildflower meadow area of Bantock Park. Thanks to iNaturalist.org for the identification.