Lamb in a field crossed by a footpath.
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Pink campion flowering
Pink campion in flower by a canal towpath at the start of last month.
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Tortoiseshell, underwing
Tortoiseshell butterfly resting on a nettle with its wings together, the underwings visible. The colours are much less bright that the upper surface of the wings.
Gob of foamy “cuckoo spit” on vegetation, which seems particularly abundant this year. It’s protective coating for the nymph of a froghopper (a type of insect).
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Tiny bryony flower
A tiny flower of a bryony peeping from behind one of the plant’s hairy leaves.
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Greens: birch catkins
The flowers on birch trees are one of the latest of the catkin-like ones to appear.