The orchard at Anne Hathaway’s cottage, Shottery, has a set of apple trees with different varieties of the fruit. Here is a sample as they were reaching ripeness earlier this month.
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Swans circling on land, Stratford on Avon
The River Avon at Stratford has a large population of resident swans, supported by the tourists who feed them. This was lunchtime, and the tourists had perhaps gone off to feed themselves. A large group of swans had come on land, and were in a circle, eating the short grass of the riverside Nine Men’s Morris.
September, a quiet time for garden flowers. But the gardeners at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust have planned continuing colour for the month. These (mainly) flowers were in the gardens of the Shakespeare Birthplace and New Place in Stratford on Avon, and Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery.
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Longhorn cow and calf, Mary Arden’s Farm
Another of the English longhorn cows on Mary Arden’s Farm, this one with a recently born calf, the pair housed under cover.
Mary Arden’s Farm, at Wilmcote outside Stratford on Avon, has a collection of traditional breeds of livestock. These English longhorn cattle were stretching out in the sun on a warm autumn morning recently.
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Banded demoiselle, male, overlooking canal
Male banded demoiselle damselfly resting on vegetation, overlooking the stretch of canal which forms its territory.
