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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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
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
More bees buzzing around collecting pollen and nextar from blue alkanet flowers.
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Dining with daisies: magpie
More birds searching for worms among the daisies in West Park. This time a magpie.
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Spring fungi: spring fieldcaps
The long, cold, wet weather has meant there have been very few spring fungi. These, spring fieldcaps, were growing on the wood mulch in a flower bed at Chapel Ash.