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#lockdown – nuthatch and its nest, West Park

#lockdown - nuthatch and its nest, West Park

Nuthatch on a West Park tree trunk, climbing the tree, heading for its nest (shown in final picture).

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#lockdown – green veined white butterfly

#lockdown - green veined white butterfly

Green veined white butterfly – the green “veins” are on the undersides of the wings.

This one was warming itself resting on leaves, and eating from alkanet flowers.

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#lockdown – Canada goose goslings: creche

#lockdown - Canada goose goslings: creche

The two Canada goose families featured in yesterday’s post, now got together, all nine goslings crossing West Park lake more or less in a line.

One adult bird at the head of the line, one as tail-end Charlie. The other two a little further off, keeping watch.

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#lockdown – wild garlic, Aldersely Junction

#lockdown - wild garlic, Aldersely Junction

Ramsoms (wild garlic) flowering, from the patch growing by the canal towpath at Aldersley Junction.

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Beris sp – soldier flies

Beris sp - soldier flies

Soldier fly warming itself resting on the edge of a leaf.

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#lockdown – Canada goose goslings: two families

#lockdown - Canada goose goslings: two families

West Park, early morning, a couple of days ago. Two different Canada goose families, by different parts of the lake. In both groups, gosling looking like they had only recently hatched, five in one party, four in the other,