This butterfly was resting and warming itself on a sunny bank just feet from the tortoiseshell which featured in yesterday’s post.
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Tortoiseshell butterfly
This butterfly feeding on a dandelion was my first go at doing video. As such, it is a good demonstration that hand-held close-ups at maximum zoom give a very shaky result.
Below is a still of the same individual at rest.
This bee was busy collecting nectar from the gorse flowers. The gorse bloom is now well advanced.
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Toads mating
These toads were already locked in a nuptial embrace as they crawled across the main path through Baggeridge Park on the way to find a pool to lay their spawn.
The male is noticeably smaller than the female, who is swollen with the eggs.
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Comma butterfly
The warmer weather of the middle of April has brought the flowers on a great deal. It has also prompted the emergence of insects such as butterflies and bees which rely on flowers for food.
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Wood anemones
A large bank of wood anemones were growing in a wood by the bank of the River Severn, near to the Highley station of the Severn Valley Railway.