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Emerald damselfly resting, wafting, Baggeridge

Emerald damselfly resting, wafting, Baggeridge

Emerald damselfly resting on a leaf over a small pool, contorting its abdomen to spread the pheromones it is wafting to attract a mate. Baggeridge Country Park at the end of last month.

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Mast ripening

Mast ripening

Mast – beech nuts with their spiky outer covering – ripening, here on a tree in Compton Park.

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Teazle seed heads, resting bee

Teazle seed heads, resting bee

Teazle seed heads on one of the plants by the Compton Park pool, topped by a lone resting bee.

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Boletes, Finchfield Green

Boletes, Finchfield Green

Boletes growing on Finchfield Green (the grassy area in front of the shops).

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Female goosander drinking, preening

Female goosander drinking

Female goosander drinking from the Severn just upstream from Bylet island at Bridgnorth, and a little later on the gravel nearby, preening.

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Beginning to open: umbellifer flowers

Beginning to open: umbellifer flowers

Beginning to open, the flower cluster on one stem of a umbellifer.