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Green leaves, pennywort

Green leaves, pennywort

Pennywort plant: the largest of the leaves are roughly the size of a pre-decimalisation penny.

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Pink waxcaps, Great Malvern churchyard

Pink waxcap, Great Malvern churchyard

Pink waxcaps, a rare type among this group of mushrooms, are unmistakable because they are the only ones which are pink. Also called ballerina waxcaps, these were growing in the short grass of the churchyard at Great Malvern Priory Church earlier this month.

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Pair of ravens, Malvern Hills

Pair of ravens, Malvern Hills

Pair of ravens flying together up over the ridge of the Malvern Hills.

Pair of ravens, Malvern Hills

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Scarlet hoods, Malvern Hills

Scarlet hood, Malvern Hills

Less than an inch high, but these scarlet hood waxcap mushrooms stood out from the short grass they were growing among because of their bright red colour. Spotted in a flattish area on the slope of the Malvern Hills.

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Cobweb on gorse with water drops

Cobweb on gorse with water drops

Cobweb spun between branches of a gorse bush, covered in drops of water after overnight rain.

Cobweb on gorse with water drops

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Grazing among the bracken

Grazing among the bracken

Young bullock (probably) grazing on grass growing between patches of bracken just under the top of the ridge of the Malvern Hills.