Lady’s smock, with a long string of other country names, wild flower at the height of its flowering season now and for the next few weeks.
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Ducklings: Newbridge, Aldersley
More of this year’s new ducklings on the canal, another two broods, both looking recently hatched. One set at Newbridge, the other not far from Aldersley Junction.
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Horse chestnut candelabrum, flower buds
A mass of horse chestnut flower buds arranged around the so-called candelabrum.
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Heron and magpie
Heron and magpie, close together on canal path in countryside near Castlecroft.
Someone came along walking a dog. The heron was first to blink, taking off to retreat to the nearby Smestow Brook.
Speckled wood butterfly, its wings folded together, well camougflaged as it rests on the ground in a clearing in Old Nursery Wood.
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Green veined white on dandelion clock
Green veined white butterfly resting on a dandelion clock, by the canal opposite the Wildside Centre. Not sure why it chose that one. There were plenty of dandelions and other plants in flower nearby.