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#lockdown – spider, Tetragnatha sp

#lockdown - spider, Tetragnatha sp

Tiny spider on a web I couldn’t see with my naked eye.

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#lockdown – various bumble bees

Tree bumble bee

Different species of bumble bees attracted to a patch of alkanet flowers one late afternoon. The first is a tree bumble. There;s a possible early bumble bee in the sequence somewhere, but most are white tailed bumble bees.

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#lockdown: Heron on brief visit, West Park

Heron on brief visit, West Park

heron which briefly appeared on the West Park boating lake island a week ago. It was there one day, gone the next.

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#lockdown – cygnets, Perton

#lockdown - cygnets, Perton

Swan with five cygnets on the smaller pool at Perton. Only the pen was with the young ones. The cob was on land at the far side of the pool.

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#lockdown – paintings, Railway Walk, South Staffordshire

#lockdown - paintings, Railway Walk, Lower Penn

Paintings on the bridckwork of bridges passing over the South Staffordshire section of the Railway Walk, Lower Penn and Wombourne.

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#lockdown – grasses and more

Red fescue

More vegetation I noticed on my lockdown exercise walks. This time several of the subjects are the wild grasses, mainly from the Bantock Park wildflower meadow.