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Lords and ladies berries, a little wrinkly

Lords and ladies berries, a little wrinkly

Lords and ladies by the Railway Walk, its berries bright red, ripe or almost so. The berries were beginning to look a little wrinkly, beginning to shrivel after a long dry spell.

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Magpie hunting in stubble, Bantock Park

Magpie hunting in stubble, Bantock Park

magpie stalking in the then recently-cut stubble of the wildflower meadow at Bantock Park, hunting for insects to eat.

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Double-striped pug moth on a window

Double-striped pug moth on a window

Double-striped pug moth (Gymnoscelis rufifasciataon) resting on the inside of a window. It’s not been since, so hopefully it managed to return to the open air.

Double-striped pug moth on a window

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Bindweed flower, sun fly

Bindweed flower, sun fly

A sun fly, a common type of hoverfly, struggling to get deep into a bindweed flower to get at that delicious nectar.

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Tiny spider weaving its web

Tiny spider weaving its web

Tiny spider scurrying back and forth as it was weaving its web between the twigs of a hazel bush.

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Spindle fruit, first blush of pink

Spindle fruit, first blush of pink

Fruit on the spindle tree opposite Tettenhall Station (alias Cupcake Lane). Now getting their first blush of pink developing from the earlier unripe green. The colours should bet brighter and more dramatic as the fruit ripen.