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Swan cleaning itself

Swan cleaning itself

A swan paying attention to its wing feathers.

Swan cleaning itself

Swan cleaning itself

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Female banded agrion damselfly

Female banded agrion damselfly

A damselfly with a metallic green body and almost transparent green wings. This female kept shuffling her position slightly as she rested on a reed leaf near the Packhorse Bridge in Marsh Lane NLR, Hampton in Arden.

Female banded agrion damselfly

Female banded agrion damselfly

Female banded agrion damselfly

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Water snails

Water snail

Snails on the small pond at the Coombes Valley RSPB Reserve in Staffordshire.

Water snail

There is also a water boatman towards the right in the picture below.

Water snail and water boatman

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Comma butterflies

Comma butterfly

Two commas in the Marsh Lane LNR, Hampton in Arden, at the start of July.

Comma butterfly

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Hoverfly on a buddleia

Hoverfly on a buddleja

A butterfly bush doesn’t just attract butterflies.

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Unripe holly berries

Unripe holly berries

Holly berries starting off a matching green to the leaves, before turning a contrasting red in midwinter.

Unripe holly berries