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Bee on Golden Rod

Bee on Golden Rod

A bee’s colouration very rarely works as camouflage. It almost did here.

Bee on Golden Rod

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Access all areas 2 – more cacti

Access all areas 2 - cactus

More from the West Park stock of cacti. These are not the plants on public display in the Conservatory.

Access all areas 2 - cactus

Access all areas 2 - cactus

Access all areas 2 - cactus

Access all areas 2 - cactus

Access all areas 2 - cactus

Access all areas 2 - cactus

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Moorhen feeding

Moorhen feeding

Moorhens are normally very timid. This one was eating, so let me get closer than normal.

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Snail on a laundry basket

Snail on a laundry basket

This garden snail had parked itself on the side of a laundry basket.

Snail on a laundry basket

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Cross spider at the centre of its web

Cross spider at the centre of its web

Cross spiders become common in houses and gardens as autumn approaches.

This is the thousandth topic posted here — at least one, and normally more, per day for a little under two years.

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Groundsel buds and flowers

Groundsel flowering

A very common and persistent garden weed. In the upper picture the flowers are still buds; the lower is of flowers which are beginning to open.

Groundsel flowering