Cones on a deodar, standing upright on the branch. There’s a small stand of the trees at the edge of the wildflower meadow, Bantock Park.
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Heron, willow, West Park lake
The usual adult heron in West Park, perched on a favourite willow, growing on the island and hanging over the water of the lake.
The camera I had with me that day could only zoom up to moderate telephoto settings.
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Spindle fruit, getting redder
I keep popping back for another look at a spindle tree by the Railway Walk at Newbridge, watching the fruit change colour as they ripen. They’re now pink all over, and getting redder.
Dragonfly, a common darter male, on the footpath by the canal, near to Wightwick Mill lock. The males usually perch where they can watch a stretch of still or slow-flowing water. Because the path is work to a lower level than the rest of the canal bank, this one’s field of view only began well above water level.
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Grey wagtail peeping out, Bylet bank
Standing on a branch on the bank of the Bylet in Bridgnorth, a grey wagtail, one of a resident pair.
A tiny mushroom growing directly from the trunk of a fallen tree in Bantock Park, with views from above and below.
