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Camelia

Camelia

It’s spring, so it’s time for spring-flowering camelias to flower. These were all on the same bush.

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Comma on a garden wall

Comma on a garden wall

There’ve been very few butterflies so far this spring. This is only the second one I’ve seen – the other was also a comma.

This one landed on a garden wall a few yards ahead of where I was walking, and spread its wings to warm itself.

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Tiny nest high in tree

Tiny nest high in tree

A tiny nest high in one of the trees in Bantock Park. The owner must be a similarly small bird: perhaps a wren or a goldcrest.

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Yet another questing magpie, West Park

Yet another questing magpie, West Park

Another magpie busily searching in the short grass of West Park for things to eat, unperturbed that I was nearby and watching it.

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Cherry-plum, Wightwick

Cherry-plum, Wightwick

A tree in full flower in the hedge of the field opposite Wightwick Mill lock. It’s a cherry-plum, or possibly a wild cherry.

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Possible mallard / Aylesbury cross, West Park

Possible mallard / Aylesbury cross, West Park

A recent arrival on the lake at West Park, although I have a vague idea it may have put in a previous appearance. It’s part mallard. I’m less sure of the other component of its parentage. An Aylesbury?