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Blewits on woodland floor

Blewits on woodland floor

Blewits, mushrooms which can still be spotted growing into the winter, and a favourite with wild food enthusiasts. When young, they have a faint colour which some guidebooks decribe as blueish – it looks more lilac to me. These may have been wood blewits, as they were on woodland floor.

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Young heron wading in Avon

Young heron wading in Avon

Young heron at what seems to be a favoured spot, wading in the Avon at Stratford and catching small fish.

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Anglers’ Pool, Fowler’s Park

Anglers' Pool, Fowler's Park

Looking very tranquil for a Wolverhampton city centre site, Anglers’ Pool in Fowler’s Park recently.

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Tufted ducks, female and male, West Park

Tufted duck (female)

Pair of tufted ducks on the lake at West Park, with their characteristic tufts of feathers at the back of the head. Although their plumages are almost monochrome, the male’s is as in many species, easier to spot with its bright white area.

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Butterfly Farm: Spider eating butterfly

Spider eating butterfly

Stratford on Avon Tropical Butterfly Farm: a (presumably local) spider eating a butterfly caught in its web.

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Wagtail at water’s edge

Wagtail at water's edge

White wagtail running along by the edge of the river at Stratford on Avon, catching insects. Then it decided to fly across to the other bank.