Deeply grooved felled tree trunk and the remaining stump, surrounded by the leaves which had fallen from other nearby trees.
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Quizzical young moorhen
Young moorhen on the shore of the West Park lake, staring at me with a puzzled expression as I took a quick snap of it.
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Nettle, overnight frost melting
The frost had disappeared some time ago from everything else when I took this picture. But this nettle must have spent the morning in deep shadow, with the sun recently arriving to begin to melt the powdery ice.
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Pied wagtails at river’s edge
Pied wagtails with hunting grounds in the shallows and shoreline at the downstream end of the Bylet in the Severn at Bridgnorth.
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Bullrush tangle
Bullrush (reedmace) seed heads, clumped closely together.
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Ironbridge gorge: autumn
Looking across the Severn at the Ironbridge gorge, where the trees were just beginning to change to autumn colours.