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Sheep outside a pub

Sheep outside a pub

This small flock of ewes and lambs grazing outside a Balsall Common pub looked convincing from a distance. The shepherds seemed to have got fed up of watching their flock, and popped inside for a quick one.

Sheep outside a pub

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Bully jumper

Bully jumper

The Birmingham Bull was given a jumper and jeans in the run-up to Christmas this year. Here is a picture without the clothing.

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Cock in a hurry

Cock in a hurry

Northycote Farm cock, which was in a rush to get to another part of the hen enclosure.

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Wightwick mill lock, snow and ice

Wightwick mill lock

A reminder that wintry weather doesn’t always mean gales and heavy rain.

This was Wightwick Mill Lock on Christmas Eve 2010, the ground covered in snow and the water almost completely frozen over.

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Lone carrion crow mobbing a buzzard

Lone carrion crow mobbing a buzzard

Birds of prey are often mobbed by smaller birds. But it is rarer to see a lone bird doing the mobbing.

Her, one of the buzzards which regularly fly over the Smestow Valley Barley Field is being seen off by a lone carrion crow.

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Autumn colours – rinse well

Autumn colours - rinse well

Fallen leaves which had turned the colours of traffic lights, fallen into the Wom Brook, and had been trapped in the algae of the waterfall on the downstream side of the Giggety Lane ford.