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Common darter dragonflies: male at rest

Common darter dragonflies: male at rest

Several posts of pictures of red darter dragonflies on the two ponds near the Old Nursery in the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve. This is a male resting on a piece of chipboard in Old Nursery pond.

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Common darter dragonflies: female resting on footpath

Common darter dragonflies: female resting on footpath

As last in the sequence, a female common darter (greenish, rather than red), resting on the gravel of the path around the Old Nursery pond.

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Camera-shy young herring gull, West Park

Camera-shy young herring gull, West Park

Immature herring gull, West Park. It objected to having its picture taken, flew off to the middle of the water.

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Tiny frogs, bird bath rim

Tiny frogs, bird bath rim

Two tiny frogs, the smaller about an inch long, which were resting on the rim of a bird bath. The spot is sometimes also visited by a larger frog.

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Peacocks, Warwick Castle

Peacocks, Warwick Castle

Peacocks in the grounds of Warwick Castle. I didn’t notice any peahens on our wanderings.

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Landing on water, Canada geese, West Park

Landing on water, Canada geese, West Park

Group of Canada geese flying in and landing on the water of the boating lake at West Park.