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Very hungry cinnabar moth caterpillar

Very hungry cinnabar moth caterpillar

Cinnabar moth caterpillar actively chomping away at a ragwort early one morning.. Some years, many ragowrks have several of these caterpillars eating them away. This year I have been carefully inspecting the plats I have come across: this is the only caterpillar I’ve spotted.

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Shaggy parasol struggling to emerge

Shaggy parasol struggling to emerge

Shaggy parasols are normally one of our larger autumn mushrooms. Tghis one was struggling to grow in unpropitious circumstances, in the small patch of bare earth around one of the lime trees on the pavement edge of a main road into town.

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Singleton mallard duckling, Compton

Singleton mallard duckling, Compton

Female mallard and her by now well-grown duckling, which was a singleton wen I first noticed it when recently hatched. Now well grown and beginning to get adult feathers.

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Old man’s beard, flowers beginning to open

Old man's beard, flowers beginning to open

Old man’s beard when some of the flowers were beginning to open, and others on the same plant were still buds.

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Incautious young magpie

Incautious young magpie

The stumpy tail feathers show this magpie was young, possibly not that long fledged.. It was on the ground of the barley Field, showing no signs of concern even though several dogs were running off the lead mearby.

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Daisy with potato mirid

Daisy with potato mirid

Marguerite daisy, beginning to droop, with a visiting potato mirid. There’s a clearer view of the insect in the cropped version of the image.

Daisy with potato mirid