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Crocuses en masse, College Green, Worcester

Crocuses en masse, College Green, Worcester

Crocuses planted en masse make a much stronger impression than small clumps.These were on College Green in the cathedral precincts at Worcester.

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Goosanders, River Severn, Worcester

Goosanders, River Severn, Worcester

Group of four female goosanders swimming in the Severn at Diglis weir, Worcester. As I was taking the pictures, one of them got up onto a branch, and began to preen vigorously.

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Tulip leaf

Tulip leaf

I was struck by the rich varigation on this tulip leaf in a front garden.

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Lesser celandines by the river, Bridgnorth

Lesser celandines by the river, Bridgnorth

Lesser celandines flowering by the side of the River Severn at Bridgnorth. The river was high and fast mving when these pictures were taken – another couple of feet on the water level would have meant it overflowing its banks and flooding these flowers.

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Fallen tree, canalside, Compton

Fallen tree, canalside, Compton

Uprooted and half-fallen tree right by the edge of the canal at Compton, likely brought down in the high winds of Storm Doris recently.

Fallen tree, canalside, Compton

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Daffodils, half-open

Daffodils, half-open

Daffodils growing in a front garden earlier this month, seen at the time when the flowers were still just half open.