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Arapawa goat kid and billy, Mary Arden’s Farm

Arapawa goat kid

Arapawa goat kid and the billy goat, part of the rare breeds stock on Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote. The kid was born in March.

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Red kite soaring away, Stratford

Red kite soaring away, Stratford

Red kite soaring away as it rides a thermal. Seen from a footpath just a few minutes walk south of the centre of Stratford on Avon. The red kite range is extending, slowly but surely.

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Waterlily flowers, half-hidden in leaves

Waterlily flower, half-hidden in leaves

Waterlily flowers, half-hidden in a profusion of leaves, growing on a mill pond.

Millpond, Clifford Chambers

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Young green woodpecker in field

Young green woodpecker in field

Young green woodpecker in the middle of field, busy bending down and presumably eating lots of ants.

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Green, red, black: elderberries ripening

Green, red, black: elderberries ripening

Elderberries showing every stage of ripening in the same cluster, the colours ranging from green, through red to the near black of the ripe or almost ripe berries.

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Meadow brown butterfly resting on nettle leaf

Meadow brown butterfly resting on nettle leaf

Meadow brown butterfly warming itself in the morning sun, resting on nettle leaf in Compton Rough.

Meadow brown butterfly resting on nettle leaf