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Banded demoiselle damselflies mating

Banded demoiselle damselflies mating

Pair of banded demoiselle damselflies mating while they rested on a figwort growing by the canal more or less opposite the Wildside Centre. The male (blue and a lot easier to see when resting on vegetation) was almost certainly the same individual I had seen claiming the territory a couple of days earlier.

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Blue-tailed damselfly resting on decking

Blue-tailed damselfly resting on decking

A blue-tailed damselfly resting on the decking by the Compton Park pond, enjoying the warmth of the sunshine, and sufficiently undisturbed to let me get close enough for these pictures.

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Moth at rest

Moth at rest

Moth resting up for the daytime, mostly safe but highly visible because it had chosen an inside window.

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Red hot pokers cooling

Red hot poker cooling

Red hot poker flowers, going over and the seeds just beginning to develop.

Red hot poker cooling

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Cluster of cones

Cluster of cones

Cones clustering together, hanging down from a conifer in profusion.

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Young rabbit eating sycamore leaf

Young rabbit eating sycamore leaf

Small young rabbit which was concentrating on nibbling at a sycamore leaf. Perhaps because it was eating, perhaps because it still had to learn better, it took no notice of my presence.