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Holly blue butterfly by tiny pebble

Holly blue butterfly by tiny pebble

Holly blue butterfly resting by the side of a tiny pebble on the canal towpath at Wightwick, warming itself in the morning sun.

Holly blue butterfly by tiny pebble

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Carrion crow on the coast path wall

Carrion crow on the coast path wall

Carrion crow, undisturbed by people close by, on the seaward wall of the coast patgh at Newlyn.

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Blackthorn: flowers, Barley Field

Blackthorn: flowers, Barley Field

A few flowers on one of the blackthorns in the Barley Field hedge, taken at the same time as the flower buds featured in a post yesterday. From its position, the tree with these flowers caught that little bit more sun.

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Two wagtails on river flotsam

Pied wagtail on river flotsam

Grey wagtail and pied wagtail on a patch of flotsam on the Exe at Exeter. Both are probably males.

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Blackthorn: flower buds, Barley Field

Blackthorn: flower buds, Barley Field

Blackthorn buds as the flowers were just about to break in the dense hedge separating the Barley Field from the Railway Walk.

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Immature greater black backed gull on a roof

Immature greater black backed gull on a roof

An immature greater black-backed gull, watchful as it stood on the roof of one of the buildings at Newlyn harbour.