Tree by the footpath across Compton Rough. Not sure what sort of fruit it’s supposed to have. Can’t remember ever seeing any fruit on it. But the blossom’s there every spring.
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A warm morning, and the flower bees were all over the flowers.
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Oxlips, Coppicer Wood
Oxlips flowering right by the entrance to Coppice Wood. Not convinced it got there without human assistance.
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Mallards mating, canal, Castlecroft
A pair of mallards on the canal at Castlecroft, which chose to start mating just as we we were passing.
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Lichen variety
Lichens seen on a short stretch of the Smestow Valley Reserve between the Barley Field and Compton Lock.
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Still searching for frogspawn
I’m still on the lookout for any frogspawn this year, so far without success. In the meantime, these, of frogs spawning amid frogspawn, are from 2010. From the lower pond in the garden at Wightwick manor