Frosty morning towards the end of last month: an open daisy flower covered in frost, and various grass leaves and seed heads also iced.
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Artificial hill, best part of a thousand years old and still impressive: the motte of the former castle at Beaudesert by Henley in Arden, and a view over the landscape the castle was built to protect or intimidate.
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Old, old, old man’s beard
The feathery seed of old man’s beard in late winter, still not blown from the plant to disperse. The River Severn forms the out of focus background.
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Mallards on the Alne, Henley
Pair of mallards on the Alne at Henley in Arden. The birds were swimming upstream at a pace just matching that of the current, so they were keeping opposite the same place on the banks and opposite each other.
As they swam in parallel, each was watching the other.
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Spiky: teazles in winter
Teazle seed heads in winter. The hooked spines on the seed heads meant the plant used to be used in wool production, to clean and raise the nap on the fabric.
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Disconsolate young heron on fallen tree
Young heron, probably the same bird featured here, hunched up against the cold as it stands on a fallen tree watching on the edge of West Park boating lake island.
