This dabchick, more formally a little grebe, was still young, hatched this year. It was swimming on Bags Pool in Baggeridge Country Park.
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Ringlet butterfly resting on vegetation on the slopes of Toposcope Hill, Baggeridge Country Park. It has been a poor year so far for butterflies, but ringlets seem to have been an exception, more abundant than usual locally.
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Chiffchaff calling on high bare twig
Chiffchaff calling high on a bare twig. Spotted when I was standing on the Water Bridge.
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Strange fungus growing on damson stump
Strange fungus, blue-grey mounds with buff-coloured tips, like a little range of hills growing on a damson stump.
Cygnets with their protective parents on the edge of Spring Pool, Baggeridge Country Park
Betony flower with a visiting bee, canalside opposite the Wildside Centre recently.
