Two meadow brown butterflies on the same roadside ragwort flower, fighting over which one gets possession.
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Two goldfinches eating one of their favourite foods: thistle seeds. As soon as I’d taken these, as insurance pictures, two joggers came right by, scaring the birds away.
Another frequent visitor to garden buddleias: tortoiseshell butterflies. Whenever I got them in focus, they seemed to close their wings to show the less colourfull undersides.
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Brown hawker resting on buddleia flower
Brown hawker dragonfly which spend some time resting in the sun on a buddleia flower
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Glistening inkcaps, Pendeford
Clusters of glistening inkcap mushrooms by a tree stump near the canal at Pendeford. The older cluster were right by the base of the stump, the more recent growths a yard or so away.
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Meadow browns galore
There seem to have been a lot of meadow browns about this year. While i’ve seen a few ringlets and gatekeepers, I’ve not managed to get any pictures of them. In contrast, these shots have come from all over the place.