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Tangled, trapped: pondweed under ice

Tangled, trapped: pondweed under ice

Pondweed under a thin skin of ice on the Compton Park pool on a cold morning earlier this month.

Tangled, trapped: pondweed under ice

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Flying by, black-headed gull, Perton

Flying by, black-headed gull

Black-headed gull: this one was flying over Perton pool recently.

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Tassels dangling, tassel bush

Tassels dangling, tassel bush

Long catkins from a silk tassel bush (garrya elliptica) dangling in thick clumps.

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Trio of frosted teazle seed-heads

Trio of frosted teazle seed-heads

Three seed-heads growing on the same teazle in the wetland area around the Compton Park pool, seen on a frosty morning earlier this month.

Trio of frosted teazle seed-heads

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Redwings in short grass, Perton

Redwing in short grass, Perton

Two of the members of a small party of redwings which were busy feeding in the short grass by a footpath in Perton a few days ago.

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Bluetit after prey in lichen

Bluetit after prey in lichen

Bluetit high it a tree in Perton, methodically searching the lichen growing thickly on the bark, probably hunting for invertebrates. It’s the same bird as in this post.