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Gathering pollen from purple flowers

Gathering pollen from purple flower

Looking down to the garden by Bridgnorth’s cliff railway upper station, a bumblebee gathering pollen from purple flowers stops first by a hollyhock before heading off for a nearby thistle.

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Red, green: arum berries ripening

Red, green: arum berries ripening

Red berries clustering at the top of a green stem: wild arum berries ripening.

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Banded demoiselle damselfly, male, facing away

Banded demoiselle damselfly, male, facing away

Banded demoiselle damselfly, male, facing over the canal as it rested on bankside vegetation. It was raising and lowering its abdomen, prehaps spreading pherenomes to try to attract females.

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Geese in a line on Severn, Bridgnorth

Geese in a line on Severn, Bridgnorth

Geese swimming in a line on Severn as they headed for the Bylet at Bridgnorth.

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Banded demoiselle damselfly, female, facing away

Banded demoiselle damselfly, female, facing away

Banded demoiselle damselfly, female, resting on canalside vegetation, facing away from the towpath.

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Figwort, flowers starting to open

Figwort, flowers starting to open

Figwort plants overhanging a canal, with the flowers running up the stem just starting to open.

Figwort, flowers starting to open