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Heron and co, West Park

Heron and co, West Park

The intermittently resident heron in West Park, spending some time on the beach on the island, catching the sun alongside geese, gulls and a magpie.

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Black and blue: ripe sloes

Black and blue: ripe sloes

Ripening sloes in the Barley Field hedge: dark, almost black with a blue bloom.

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Carrion crow with some white feathers

Carrion crow with some white feathers

Partly albinistic carrion crow, distinctive with its patches of white feathers, searches for prey among the short grass of the lawn in front of a block of flats on Finchfield Road.

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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