An unexpected sighting on the lake at West Park, a common slider turtle surveying the water from a fallen branch near one of the islands.
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Another selection of flowers I have come across on exercise walks during the lockdown. Some cultivated, in front gardens or in West Park and Bantock Park. Others wild, as roadside weeds or in the Bantock Park wildflower meadow.
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#lockdown – Bluetit on a twig
Bluetit perching on a twig, in a queue as it waited for its turn at a brdseed feeder
Crab spider species on the back of a white plastic garden chair. Identification thanks the excellent iNaturalist.
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#lockdown – lichen
Four different species of lichen seen growing on trees on one short exercise walk.
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#lockdown – Robin portraits
Birds getting tamer – this robin in our garden carries on unconcerned even as I get to the closest focusing distance of my camera.