Young gull which had found the remains of a ray or similar cartilaginous fish by the shore, and was eating as much as it could before other gulls spotted the delicacy.
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Turnstone happy hunting grounds
A couple of turnstones which had found an alternative to their usual hunting grounds on the shoreline.
One was worrying a mussel which it had found in a moored working boat in Brixham harbour.
The other was a young bird which had found there were rich pickings if it hung out on the pavement outside the chip shops on the front.
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Meadowsweet seed, backlit
The ripening seeds on a meadowsweet growing at the edge of the canal, almost glowing in the light of the morning sun.
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Michaelmas daisy, cluster of flowers
Michaelmas daisy flowers, brightening up autumn. These were on one of the plants growing wild on the edge of Fowlers Park and by the canal towpath.
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A plenitude of West Park cormorant pictures
The cormorants intermittently hanging out at West Park, spending much of the time up in the top of a tree. They are such a distinctive subject I rather overdid the photos. Time I gave the subject a rest.
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Reflections of op art
Reflection of a corrugated steel building on the oppsite bank of the 21 locks section of the canal. A gentle breeze was creating slight currents in the water, making small distortions in the reflection, so that it resembled an op art picture.
