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Chocolate irises, flag irises

Chocolate iris

Chocolate irises in a front garden; flag irises on the edge of the pool at Fowlers Park.

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Canada goose goslings on footpath

Canada goose goslings on footpath

This year’s sole brood (so far) of young Canada geese from the large West Park flock. The goslings seem to prefer sitting on the tarmac of the footpath around the lake.

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Spring fungi: glistening inkcaps, Old Nursery Wood

Spring fungi: glistening inkcaps, Old Nursery Wood

More spring fungi. Usually quite common, this is one of the few clusters of glistening inkcaps I’ve noticed this year. They were in Old Nursery Wood, growing from the wood placed to makr the edge of one of the footpaths.

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Heron, high in tree, West Park island

Heron, high in tree, West Park island

An adult heron, resting high in one of the trees on an island in West Park lake, pictured as I moved to inclreaingly higher zoom settings on the camera.

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Bee selection

Bee selection

More bees buzzing around collecting pollen and nextar from blue alkanet flowers.

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Dining with daisies: magpie

Dining with daisies: magpie

More birds searching for worms among the daisies in West Park. This time a magpie.