Purple loosestrife, flowering at the height of summer. These were all in the conservation area at Baggeridge Country Park.
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Damsons, now almost ripe
Damsons, seen just before they were ready for picking – some have since been picked and eaten. Fruit from the same tree at an earlier stage in the ripening process here.
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Brown birch boletes on a lawn
Small group of brown birch boletes growing on a lawn recently. Some showing the lower surface of the caps, covered in pores rather than caps where the spores emerge.
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Juniper shield bugs on a wall
Juniper shield bugs in the midst of their prolonged process of mating, on a garden wall. No cypress trees in sight where they were, but some in gardens on the next street.
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Passion flower, close-up
Close-up view of a passion flower, in perfect condition on the morning after a rainy night.
Thistle flower with white-tailed bumble bee scrambling round after pollen. In one of the pictures, a tiny mirid, Plagiognathus arbustorum, put in a brief appearance – see cropped image for a closer view.