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Sycamore leaf

Sycamore leaf

The red flecks, common on sycamore leaves, are a result of insect activity.

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New pine cones

Pine cones

Newly forming cones from two types of pine trees.

Pine cones

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Clover flowers

Clover

Flowers of purple and white clovers,

Clover

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Hogweed flower

Hogweed

This fleshy plant used to be a cheap way of feeding pigs – hence the name.

Hogweed

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Grass seeds

Grass

Seed-heads of grasses.

Grass

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Hawthorn berries forming

Hawthorn berries

The berries just beginning to form, in early June.

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Magpie

Magpie

This is probably a young one. It let me get close enough for a picture even though I didn’t have a particularly long lens.

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Cuckoo spit

Cuckoo spit

Not in fact what the name suggests, but a froth which hides and protect the nymph of a froghopper: a small insect.

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Broom

Broom

The plant which gave its name to the sweeping implement which used to be made from it.

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Razor strop bracket fungus

Razor strop fungus

This fungus is now aging as it grows from the trunk of a fallen birch tree.