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Cow parsley coming out

Cow parsley flower

Cow parsley with the flowers almost completely out (above) and just about to open (below).

Cow parsley flowering

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Heron fishing from a reed bed

Heron fishing

Immature heron fishing from a bed of young reeds.

Heron fishing

Heron fishing

Heron fishing

Heron fishing

Heron fishing

Heron fishing

Heron fishing

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A mass of stitchwort flowers

Stitchwort

These are greater stitchwort, which have a distinctive white flower where the petals are split for about half their length.

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White campion flowers

White campion

One of the taller of the common hedgerow plants.

White campion

White campion

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Access all areas – African violets

African violets

Another set of pictures from the recent “Access all areas” session to the working greenhouses behind the Conservatory at West Park.

African violets

African violets

African violets

African violets

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Waterweed in a stream

Waterweed

Weed in the bed of the Smestow, opposite the Mermaid on the Bridgnorth Road.

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Ground ivy flowering

Ground ivy

Actually a member of the mint family.

Ground ivy

Ground ivy

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Cranesbills

Cranesbill

In close-up (above and below).

Cranesbill

A wider view showing the flower dwarfed by grass.

Cranesbill

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Beech flowers

Beech flowers

The female flowers (or are they catkins?) will develop into beech mast.

Beech flowers

Beech flowers

Beech flowers

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Whitebeam buds spreading

Whitebeam buds spreading

The leaf-buds were just beginning to open on this tree in early April.