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#lockdown – greylag goslings

#lockdown - greylag goslings

Seen early Sunday morning, the young West Park greylag goose goslings on a daisy-strewn patch of short grass, eating enthusiastically.

The parents were just out of shot, alert on guard.

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#lockdown – meadow foxtail

#lockdown - meadow foxtail

Meadow foxtail – one of the grasses in the wildflower meadow area of Bantock Park. Thanks to iNaturalist.org for the identification.

#lockdown - meadow foxtail

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#lockdown – female sparrow again

#lockdown - female sparrow again

More pictures of a female sparrow seen on a fat ball feeder and standing on a fence, both sites yards from the tree where her nest is.

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#lockdown Greylags with recent goslings

Greylags with recent goslings

Pair of greylag geese on the West Park boating lake at the end of last week.

Very young goslings can just be seen, half-hidden by one of the adults. There were at least three of them.

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#lockdown – pieris, new leaves

#lockdown - pieris, new leaves

Pieris bush, West Park. New leaves pale, pinkish. As they mature, the colour will shift towards that of the mmture ones lower down the branches.

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#lockdown Canada goose courtship

#lockdown Canada goose courtship

Pair of Canada geese on teh West Park boating lake a few days ago, not engaging in the same careful social distancing I was.