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Hawkbit growing wild, flowering

Hawkbit growing wild, flowering

Yellow halkbit flowers, these on a plant growing wild beside the pond between the Science Park and the canal.

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Coot chicks on the water again

Coot chick on the water again

Coot chicks on the Avon at Stratford. I first took pictures of them when they had only hatched a day or two previously. Now they were several weeks old and swimming much further from the nest.

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Whitebeam: berries beginning to develop

Whitebeam: berries beginning to develop

Berries just beginning to develop on one of the whitebeams in West Park. The same tree already pictured when the flowers were just buds, and just beginning to open.

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Lone duckling on canal

Lone duckling on canal

Lone duckling which was swimming on the canal with the mother mallard just a short distance from Wightwick Mill lock.

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Poppies: Shakespearean gardens

Poppy: Shakespeare birthplace garden

Showy poppies, buds and seed cases from the gardens of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust – the birthplace itself, New Place and Anne Hathaway’s cottage.

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Greens: shield bug on a leaf

Greens: shield bug on a leaf

Shades of green – this shield bug is not noticably camouflaged against the leaf it is resting on.

Greens: shield bug on a leaf