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Shield bug, seen from below through a dirty window. It seems to be eating the algae which have built up on the window.

Female banded demoiselle dragonfly: the females have colours which make them harder to spot than the males. This one was resting on canalside nettles in the same area near Castlecroft as the male featured yesterday.

Young magpie with dishevelled plumage up in a tree in West Park, sending occasional wary glances in my direction and all around as it preens and smooths its feathers.

Male banded demoiselle dragonfly on the lookout by the canal near Castlecroft at the end of last month. It kept landing on leaves of ivy growing in the hedge, occasionally varying by landing on a nettle leaf instead.

Fruit, as yet unripe, on a spindle tree. The tree with these fruit is opposite Cupcake Junction, the former Tettenhall Station on the Railway Walk.

Bryony berries ripening, turning from green, through yellow to red. These were on a plant growing in the hedge by the towpath at Castlecroft.