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Prospecting the soil: dunnock, West Park

Prospecting the soil: dunnock, West Park

Prospecting the soil under short grass for small creatures to eat, a dunnock in West Park recently.

Prospecting the soil: dunnock, West Park

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Winter colour: scarlet elf cup fungi

Winter colour: elf cup fungi

Winter colour: bright red scarlet elf cup fungi growing on a pile of dead wood hwere they have been coming back every year since at least 2010 when I first noticed them.

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Moorhen eating chapati flower, West Park

Moorhen eating chapati flower, West Park

One of the West Park moorhens burying its head in its food, eating some chapati flower which had been left near the lake.

Moorhen eating chapati flower, West Park

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Early lesser celandines. Perton

Early lesser celandines

Lesser celandines flowering at the start of this month by the footpath round the lake at Perton.

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Tufties gathering, West Park

Tufties gathering, West Park

Some of the tufted ducks on the lake at West Park recently. Numbers have been rising through the winter: there were over fifty the morning these pictures were taken, scattered in different sized groups on different patches of water. I don’t remember anything like so many in previous years.

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Snowdrops, Holy Trinity Church, Coventry

Snowdrops, Holy Trinity Church, Coventry

A pleasing mass of snowdrops in a pleasing location below the west end of Holy Trinity Church in Coventry city centre.

Snowdrops, Holy Trinity Church, Coventry