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Wild garlic, Aldersely Junction, beginning to flower

Wild garlic flowering

There is a patch of wild garlic on the slope by the towpath a short distance from Aldersley Junction. These pictures were taken when the first flowers had just opened, but most of the plants were still carrying buds.

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Cormorants on the rocks, Mounts Bay

Cormorants on the rocks, Mounts Bay

Cormorants resting in the sun on offshore rocks in Mounts Bay, some stretching their wings to dry.

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Cowslips, Science Park

Cowslips, Science Park

Cowslips flowering by a footpath leading from the Science Park to one of the locks of the Birmingham Canal.

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Swan coming in to land, Exeter Quays

Swan coming in to land, Exeter Quays

Swan putting on the brakes as it came in to land on the river at the Exeter Quays recently.

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Bluebells and white

Bluebell

Bluebells from a small group growing by a roadside. Some were white – a strong indication that they were garden escapee Spanish bluebells.

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Bar tailed godwits feeding, water’s edge

Bar tailed godwits feeding, water's edge

A group of bar-tailed godwits, taking a pause on their spring migration and feeding on the water’s edge at Penzance in late March.

Bar tailed godwits feeding, water's edge