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Frosted umbellifer

Frosted umbellifer

What a difference a month makes!

Towards the end of February, a frosty morning and ice crystals thickly coating the remains of one of last year’s umbellifers in Compton Rough.

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Tufted duck on and by the Severn, Bridgnorth

Tufted duck on the Severn, Bridgnorth

In among the geese and mallards which haunt the river by Severn Bridge in Bridgnorth, a lone male tufted duck.

When he gets out of the water, his feet look huge.

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Green bottles in springtime

Green bottles in springtime

Birds do it, bees do it. So, apparently, in the warmth of a springtime sun, do green bottle flies.

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Exe estuary 201602 – last moorings

Last mooring

Landscapes with boats left at their last moorings, gradually decaying. The larger boat has been slowly reverting to nature for at least a decade.

Last mooring

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Collection of corvid pictures

Jackdaw on the ground

Magpies, a carrion crow and a jackdaw.

The magpies and the crow were at the top of tall trees overlooking them busy Tettenhall Road / Newhampton Road junction. The jackdaw was on the ground by the path at Northycote Farm, where it had just found something juicy to eat.

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Exe estuary 201602 – Goldfinch eating teazle seeds

Goldfinch eating teazle seeds

Goldfinch busy eating teazle seeds. For a few seconds the bird had its head pointed in my direction, but mostly it was facing directly the other way.

Goldfinch eating teazle seeds