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Sparrows drinking

Sparrows drinking

Two sparrows drinking the water left out for them.

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Catkins and leaf buds on hazel bush

Catkins and leaf buds on hazel bush

Spring is coming soon. The catkins on hazels have been developing all winter, and now the buds of the new year’s leaves are beginning to show.

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Jackdaws, starlings

Jackdaws, starlings

Pollarded tree next to the dovecote on the Dovecotes housing estate, a perch for some of the local jackdaws and starlings.

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C17 dovecote (with erratic)

C17 dovecote  (with erratic)

Large, octagonal seventeenth century dovecote, now at the centre of the Dovecotes housing estate. There’s a small erratic in the foreground of the picture above.

C17 dovecote

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Collared dove after grain

Collared dove after grain

A collared dove, a regular visitor to the ground under garden bird feeders, after the grain which had fallen uneaten.

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Coppice Wood lake

Coppice Wood lake

Coppice Wood recently, with most of the ground converted into a lake which came almost up to the path around the edges of the wood.

Coppice Wood lake