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#lockdown – azure damselflies, mating

#lockdown - azure damselflies, mating

Pair of azure damselflies resting on a waterside leaf by the Old Nursery Pond, getting into position for mating.

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#lockdown – goslings, adult plumage coming

#lockdown - goslings, adult plumage coming

Lat last month when these pictures were taken, the greylag goslings in West Park were already losing their juvenile down, growing adult plumage.

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#lockdown – moorhen and lone chick, West Park

#lockdown - moorhen and lone chick, West Park

Moorhen parent busy preening, with a lone chick standing close by one of the islands in the West Park lake.

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#lockdown – turtle still here, West Park

#lockdown - turtle still here, West Park

The turtle that appeared in the West Park lake just after the start of lockdown is still there, still seems to be thriving.

It basks on one of two nearly fallen logs whenever it is sunny.

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#lockdown – corvids high in tree

Carrion crow

Carrion crow and magpie high in the same tree on one of the West Park islands on a recent morning.

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#lockdown – red hot poker, grasses and more

Red hot poker

Once again, a collection of flowers and other plant subjects seen on my daily exercise.