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Bryony, Saltwells

Bryony, Saltwells

Bryony climbing to the top of a hedge on the Saltwells Nature Reserve in Quarry Bank.

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Views from toposcope hill

Clent Hills

From Toposcope Hill in Baggeridge Country Park the closest hills are the Clents.

The Wrekin

The whale-back ridge of the Wrekin is distinctive.

Titterstone Clee

The dome of the air traffic control radar on Brown Clee was just about visible through the heat haze the day this picture was taken.

Brown Clee

Titterstone Clee.

Long Mynd

The Long Mynd is … long.

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Teal drake, West Park

Teal drake, West Park

The showy plumage of Britain’s smallest duck species.

Teal drake, West Park

Teal on West Park lake, pictured just before it went into eclipse.

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Hanging by a thread

Hanging by a thread

Insect, apparently levitating in mid-air. It’s caught on a single strand of spider silk.

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Water crowfoot flowers

Water crowfoot flowers

Water crowfoot, now flowering in the Birmingham Canal near Wolverhampton city centre.

Water crowfoot flowers

The recent vandalism which has closed the Wolverhampton section of the canal to traffic while the lock was being repaired seems to have meant less disturbance for the vegetation growing in the water.

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Thistle flower, Wyken

Thistle flower, Worfield

Flower from the same thistle as this partially-opened one. The flower is circled by spider silk.