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Bluebell, just about to open, front garden

Bluebell, just about to open, front garden

Bluebell in a front garden earlier this week when the flower was just about to open.

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Low relief vegetation: lichen and moss

Lichen

Lichen and moss, vegetation in low relief. These were growing on otherwise bare rocks by a pond between the Science Park and the canal.

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Funnel web in compost bin

Funnel web in compost bin

Funnel-shaped spider’s web in a compost bin, the lair of the spider in the previous post.

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Spider by rim of compost bin

Spider by rim of compost bin

Spider, type unidentified but one which builds a funnel web, on the inner rim of a compost bin. Quite large for a British spider, so possibly the female of the species.

Spider by rim of compost bin

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Spring awakening: horse chestnut leaf buds

Spring awakening: horse chestnut leaf bud

Horse chestnut leaf buds on the same tree at slightly different stages of opening, seen against the blue sky of a sunny morning.

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Dangling: ribes flowers

Dangling: ribes flowers

Ribes flowers dangling at the end of their twig. These were on a bush in the Science Park.

Dangling: ribes flowers