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Can you spot the weakest link?

Can you spot the weakest link?

Rusty chains on a jetty in the fishing port at Brixham.

The weakest link is perhaps the chains themselves, which are probably the kind used to weigh down the nets in one type of trawling, and which ecologists argue cause damage to the sea floor and the things which live there.

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Orange grisette, Bantock Park

Orange grisette, Bantock Park

Orange grisette mushroom growing under the trees at the back of Bantock House on the edge of the Pitch and Putt Course recently.

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Calm: Wightwick Lock

Calm: Wightwick Lock

The view looking towards Wighwick Lock on a morning with only the slightest breeze, calm enough that there were only tiny ripples in the surface of the canal to disturb the reflections.

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Best foot forward

Best foot forward

Close-ups of a swan bending forward to scoop up bread someone had scattered just in front of it on closely cropped grass.

Best foot forward

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Robin on hawthorn twig, singing

Robin on hawthorn twig, singing

Robin on a twig high in a hawthorn hedge, singing to proclaim its territory.

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Red admiral on ivy leaf, catching the sun

Red admiral on ivy leaf, catching the sun

Red admiral butterfly resting on an ivy leaf, spreading its wings to warm itself in the mid-morning autumn sunshine.