A female goosander fishing and preening on the Severn just downstream of the Bylet at Bridgnorth. Two other females, fishing together just a little later, upstream of the bridge.
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Hawthorn flowering season
Close-ups of buds and flowers; a flower-laden branch trailing into the canal at Compton, and the lower edge of the Barley Field when the hawthorn was out a month ago.
Banded demoiselle damselfly females, their green bodies making them harder to spot against waterside vegetation than the males (yesterday’s post).
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Moorhen chicks, canal
Moorhen chicks, three different broods, seen on the same day, on the stretch of the canal from Newbridge to Aldersley Junction.
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Sycamore flowers, West Park
Dangling from a young sycamore by West Park lake, this was a flower in mid-May.
Banded demoiselle damselflies have been having a good year in 2018. Vegetation along the banks of streams, rivers and canals has been attracting them in larger numbers than I’ve ever noticed before. These are males, with their vivid electric blue bodies.