Teazles flourishing by the pool at Compton Park. These pictures taken just before the plants began to flower.
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Mallard and her three ducklings by the shore of the Birmingham Canal near Lock 17 (under the shadow of the Stafford Road railway viaduct).
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About to spring
One of the West Park squirrels, looking like its poised, about to spring.
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Spear thistle, flower and buds
Spear thistles, most of the flower buds just about to open; one having recently done so.
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Young coots, growing fast, West Park
This year’s young coots, West Park. Now they’re growing fast. They’ve lost the red down above their beaks – the trigger for the adults to feed them. Instead, they are now (mostly) finding their own food, and swimming off on their own without being constantly watched by the parents.
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Butterfly eggs, cabbage white
Butterfly eggs on the underside of a leaf. Probably left by a large white (aka cabbage white) butterfly)