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#lockdown #gardensafari – Wood pigeon walking

Wood pigeon walking

Wood pigeon stepping along the edge of a lawn, and one standing on the edge of a flat roof.

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#lockdown #gardensafari flowers again

Ribes flowers

Garden flowers on bushes: ribes,bay, laurel.

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#lockdown #TeamWolverhampton – Common Stretch Spiderr: Tetragnatha extensa

#lockdown #TeamWolverhampton - Common Stretch Spiderr: Tetragnatha extensa

Less than a centimetre long. It’s web strung between leaves of an alkanet plant, invisible to me until I saw these photos.

Common stretch spiders are apparently common. I am not aware of ever having noticed one before.

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#lockdown #gardensafari – female sparrow, tongue

#lockdown #gardensafari - female sparrow, tongue

Female sparrow, mouth open, showing tongue.

Her nest in is the holly tree. She had just landed after eating at bird feeders, was making a brief call before going on to the nest itself.

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#lockdown #gardensafari more flowers

#lockdown #gardensafari - bluebells

Flowers from front gardens passed on my daily walk.

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#lockdown #gardensafari – female blackbird with nesting material

#lockdown #gardensafari - female blackbird with nesting material

Female blackbird, pausing before flying into the bush where the nest is. Pictures taken on two separate days, both with a beak full of vegetation likely selected for lining the nest.