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Goslings, Dimmingsdale

Goslings, Dimmingsdale

Goslings, quite well grown, almost under the shadow of Dimmingsdale bridge on the canal. The Canada goose parents were keeping a close watch nearby.

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Lone duckling, recently hatched, Compton

Lone duckling, recently hatched, Compton

One lone duckling, so small it looked very recently hatched, on the canal near Compton Lock. The mother mallard was very near by, just out of shot.

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After noon, jack go to bed at noon

After noon, jack go to bed at noon

Successive stages in the development, post flowering, of a jack by the hedge (meadow salsify)

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Feeding time: starling, Bantock Park

Feeding time: starling, Bantock Park

Bantock Park: a starling searching among the closely mown grass of the formal lawn area for worms and other food to take back to young at the nest.

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Lone poppy by a canal bridge

Lone poppy by a canal bridge

Lone poppy flowering by the brickwork of the bridge over the canal at Dimmingsdale, the first wild poppy I noticed this year.

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Feeding time: female blackbird, Bantock Park

Feeding time: female blackbird, Bantock Park

Bantock Park: a female blackbird searching through short grass for worms or other food to take back for young on the nest.