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Plastic crows, Cologne

Plastic crows, Cologne

Plastic crows seem popular by the river in Cologne, presumably to try to discourage the real thing.

Plastic crow, Cologne

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Heron grooming, West Park

Heron grooming, West Park

Heron on one of the islands on West Park lake giving some attention to the feathers under its wing.

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Wild garlic flowers, Wergs

Wild garlic flowers, Wergs

Ramsom, aka wild garlic, flowers. The plants form a thick border to the start of a bridle path at Wergs. On sunny days during the season the smell of garlic is almost overpowering.

Wild garlic flowers, Wergs

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Grass flowering on a verge

Grass flowering on a verge

Pollen hanging heavily from a grass growing by a roadside in Tettenhall.

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Umbellifer flower covering

Umbellifer flower covering

Protective covering (a specialised leaf?) for flowers which are about to develop on a robust umbellifer species. With its hairs and ribbing, it looks to me part animal.

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Water cress with flowers

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A few tiny blue flowers are visible on this water cress, growing densely in a brook in Berkswell.