A flock of perhaps a hundred or so geese on the pool at Berkswell. They were seen from the same footpath as the flower in the previous post.
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Early celandine
Spotted a couple of weeks back: a single flower every couple of yards down in a ditch in Berkswell.
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Last year’s fern
The remains of 2011 growth: this one by the towpath of the Staffs & Worcs canal.
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New growth on a willow
The beginnings of a new year’s growth on a willow and the other trees bordering a field.
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Birds of the Exe estuary
Some of the birds which could be seen by the lower reaches of the river Exe during the cold spell a month ago.
Video includes some sequences which have already been included in previous posts.
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A cluster of ladybirds
Lots of ladybirds seem to be gathering in groups recently. I think these are seven-spotted ladybirds. They were on a tree stump right behind the snowdrops in the last picture in the previous post.
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Berkswell snowdrops
In the churchyard and (bottom picture) a small wood by the crossroads in the centre of the village.
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Trio of oak apples
A cluster of oak apples. The hole the insect emerged from can be seen in the nearest one.
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Gorse by a canal
A gorse bush on the far bank of the Staffs & Worcs canal.
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Staffs & Worcs canal locks
The locks at the Bratch (above) with the small octagonal building originally built as a toll-house. The more distant building is a lock-keeper’s cottage, still used for that purpose.
Below, a narrowboat approaches the algae-lined Ebstree Lock.
