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Greens: unripe red hot poker seeds

Greens: unripe red hot poker seeds

Seeds beginning to develop on some of the red hot poker plants in the border of Bridgnorth Castle grounds.

Greens: unripe red hot poker seeds

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Hunched heron, West Park island

Hunched heron

Heron hunched as it rests on the rail protecting the island in the boating lake at West Park. Probably one of the pair which successfully hatched a chick on the other side of the island.

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Moorhen coming ashore

Moorhen coming ashore

Moorhen hastily leaving West Park lake to escape the aggression of a young coot, pictured a couple of days ago.

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Boletes in short grass by Finchfield shops

Bolete in short grass by Finchfield shops

Bolete mushrooms growing in the short grass in front of the Finchfield shops. I didn’t hang around to get a close enough look to try to work out which type of bolete they were – several species of this fungus like the conditions under the birch trees there.

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Bees, Bridgnorth castle

Bees, Bridgnorth castle

Bees gather at the entrance to their refuge in a hole high in the ruins of Bridgnorth castle.

Bees, Bridgnorth castle

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Water lilies, River Sow

Water lily, River Sow

Flowers on some of the extesive patches of water lilies growing in the River Sow as it flows past Victoria Park in the centre of Stafford.