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Seeing a rival off: greylag, West Park

Seeing a rival off: greylag, West Park

Greylag goose on the lake at West Park. Flying as it was honking aggresively, seeing off a rival which had encrouched onto what it considered its own patch of water.

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Early morning, caterpillar on hazel leaf

Early morning, caterpillar on hazel leaf

Early morning after a cold May night, a caterpillar unmoving and apparently asleep on a hazel leaf.

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Pigeon courtship, West Park

Pigeon courtship, West Park

Courtship pigeon style, West Park. The male puffs himself up and struts about forcefully, the female walking away. The male continues strutting, still trying to get the female’s attention. This time, a jogger came along the other footpath. The male was distracted briefly, tbe female vamoosed.

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Whitebeam flowers open, West Park

Whitebeam flowers open, West Park

Whitebeam flowers fully open on a tree by the lale in West Park.

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Wagtails, Mermaid Wharf, Wightwick

Wagtails, Mermaid Wharf, Wightwick

Pair of pied wagtails on the edge of the canal on Mermaid Wharf at Wightwick. They were unworried by my presence, safely on the opposite side of the water.

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Male orange tip butterfly, hawthorn flower buds

Male orange tip butterfly, hawthorn flower buds

Male orange tip butterfly at rest on some hawthorn flower buds in one of the bushes in the hedge by Wightwick Mill Lock.

Male orange tip butterfly, hawthorn flower buds