The future leaves still tightly packed together, buds on one of the Barley Field oaks just before they open.
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It seems that troops of glistening inkcap mushrooms are springing up all over the place this spring. These were on the top of a log which fell several years ago on the dge of the Paddock in the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve.
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Flowering by the canal, together
Flowering almost next to one another on the canal bank, a few yards from Meccano Bridge, a butterbur and a patch of lesser celandines.
Seven-spot ladybird warming itself in the sun as it rested on a leaf by the canal at Newbridge.
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Flowering currant, pink
Pink flowers, not quite all finished opening, on a flowering current in a front garden at newbridge.
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Looking out: magpie, Wightwick
In a tree, almost directly above me, a magpie is watchful but knows it’s safe.
