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#lockdown – honeybee gathering

#lockdown - honeybee gathering

Honeybee visiting alkanet flowers, gathering nectar to make honey.

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#lockdown – horsetail opening

#lockdown - horsetail opening

Once more spotted on one of my daily exercise walks: horsetails growing through the tarmac of a pavement, its “branches” beginning to open.

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#lockdown – West Park squirrels

#lockdown - West Park squirrels

Sometimes too tame, certainly too dependent on food people put out for them – or even grabbing the bread put out for the waterfowl, West Park squirrels.

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#lockdown – male blackbird, perching

#lockdown - male blackbird, perching

Male blackbird perching in a briar and on a lookout post on a buddleia.

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#lockdown – two acers, one garden

#lockdown - two acers, one garden

Springtime foliage on two Japanese acers in a front garden opposite Bantock Park.

#lockdown - two acers, one garden

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Marsh marigolds: Bantock and Compton Parks

marsh marigolds: Bantock and Compton Parks

Marsh marigolds growing by the pools at Bantock Park and at Compton Park. Now getting towards the end of the flowering season for these damp-loving plants.