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Wild arums beginning to flower

Wild arum beginning to flower

Wild arum (“Lords and Ladies”) flower which has just opened, and another about to open.

Wild arum about to flower

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Coot on its nest

Coot on its nest

A coot on its nest in a bed of reeds, presumably brooding eggs.

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Piglets on solids, Northycote

Piglets on solids, Northycote

A litter of Gloucester Old Spot piglets with their mother at Northycote Farm.

Piglets on solids, Northycote

The piglets had grown enough to be on solid food.

Piglets on solids, Northycote

They are pictured shortly after getting their morning ration of pig pellets.

Piglets on solids, Northycote

Pictures taken on the same day as those of the much younger litter of the same breed here.

Piglets on solids, Northycote

Piglets on solids, Northycote

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Acrobatic blue tit, Northycote

Blue tit on a wire

Blue tit hanging around by the bird feeders at Northycote Farm.

Blue tit on an empty bird feeder

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Apple flower, canalside hedge

Apple flower, canalside hedge

Flower growing from an apple bush in the canalside hedge near Wightwick.

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Magnolia flowering

Magnolia flowering

Taken before many magnolia flowers have now been brought down by the recent strong winds.