The leaves at the end of two of the twigs of a cherry tree on someone’s front lawn were already turning into the colours of autumn early this month.
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White: meadowsweet
Close-up views of a mass of meadowsweet flowers, white petals set off with creamy parts.
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Cinnabar moth caterpillars on ragwort
Cinnabar moth caterpillars are strongly coloured to warn would-be predators of the toxins they absorb from their food plant, ragwort.
The adults are also brightly coloured, and fly by day.
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Lime flowers
Lime is one of the last trees to produce its flowers every year. When they arrive they have a strong and sweet perfume.
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Whirlygig beetles
Whirlygig beetles zooming round the surface of a pond, leaving complex patterns of spreading ripples in their wake.
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Young goldfinch (possibly)
Young bird, probably a goldfinch, high in a hawthorn bush by the canal where it is crossed by Castlecroft Bridge.
That particular bush seems popular as a vantage point for birds. Earlier on the same day as this picture was taken, there had been a whitethroat. A couple of days previously, a yellowhammer in the same spot.