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Magpie

Magpie

This is probably a young one. It let me get close enough for a picture even though I didn’t have a particularly long lens.

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Cuckoo spit

Cuckoo spit

Not in fact what the name suggests, but a froth which hides and protect the nymph of a froghopper: a small insect.

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Broom

Broom

The plant which gave its name to the sweeping implement which used to be made from it.

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Razor strop bracket fungus

Razor strop fungus

This fungus is now aging as it grows from the trunk of a fallen birch tree.

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Woundwort

Woundwort

Apart from its beauty as a flower, this plant has had a whole long list of uses in herbal mdeicine.

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Poppies

Poppy

When the poppies start to flower, summer should be here. These were in early June.

Poppy

These were by the side of a main road.

Popplies

And here a clump in a field of growing corn.