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Goats, Mary Arden’s Farm

Goat, Mary Arden's Farm

More of the stock from Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote. This time, some of the goats, accomplished performers for the spectators.

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(Almost) black petunias

(Almost) black petunia

Another of the striking flowers of the front gardens of East Castle Street, Bridgnorth. A petunia with petals which were almost black.

(Almost) black petunia

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Turkeys, Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote

Turkey, Mary Arden's Farm, Wilmcote

A couple of days staying in Stratford on Avon last month, so I came back with lots of pictures, many of them showing the livestock and wildlife of Mary Arden’s farm in Wilmcote.

Here is the showy turkey cock, and the somewhat less flashy female.

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Galladia in flower

Galladia in flower

Vivid flower of a galladia, growing in one of the showpiece front gardens of East Castle Street in Bridgnorth last month.

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Front-garden lobelia

Front-garden lobelia

Attractive lobelia flowering in a front garden on the Compton Road.

Front-garden lobelia

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Ring-necked mallard cross drake, West Park

Ring-necked mallard cross drake

Mallard cross drake on the West Park lake, with white feathers forming a prominent ring round the neck.