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Red admiral butterfly feeding on ivy – plus fingers

Red admiral butterfly feeding on ivy - plus fingers

This red admiral butterfly was very focussed on eating from an ivy flower recently: it completely ignored a hand coming this close

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Thistle flower with web

Thistle flower with web

A late-season thistle flower in the verge of a lane near Worfield last month. A spider has woven its web resting on the spikes surrounding the flower.

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Virginia creeper clinging to a conifer

Virginia creeper clinging to a conifer

The bright autumn colours of a Virginia creeper. This one was clinging to a conifer in the garden of a house near to the Upper Green, Tettenhall.

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Fungus round the base of a tree

Fungus round the base of a tree

Pictures are of the fungus showing its development one week after the photos here.

Fungus round the base of a tree

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Mallow flower with spider

Mallow flower with spider

A small spider was crawling along the rim of this flower.

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October waterlily flower, Bantock Park

October waterlily flower, Bantock Park

A single waterlily flower still blooming in the Bantock Park pond a month ago, with the autumn leaf-fall beginning to accumulate on the lily pads.