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Frog spawn, just starting to develop

Frog spawn, just starting to develop

Single clump of frog spawn in a small pool. When I took these pictures the first of the eggs in the spawn were just beginning to show signs they were developing.

Frog spawn, just starting to develop

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Papery red: camelia flowers

Papery red: camelia flower

Camelia flowers in a front garden, their petals red with what appeared to be a papery texture.

Papery red: camelia flower

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Grape hyacinths, en masse

Grape hyacinths, en masse

Grape hyacinths in a front garden, these growing in a patch which is gradually extending giving a greater mass of flowers from year to year.

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Blackbird on a mudbank

Blackbird on a mudbank

Male blackbird on a mudbank in the Smestow Brook just as it crosses the water bridge over the canal. The same patch of mud is also favoured by the local wagtails.

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Coltsfoots by a canal

Coltsfoots by a canal

Patch of coltsfoots, seen when in flower, growing on the bank directly overlooking the side weir of one of locks on the Birmingham Canal.

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Pink camelias, flowering

Pink camelia

Pink camelias flowering in a front garden a few days ago.

Pink camelia