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Pondweed: Compton Lock weir

Pondweed: Compton Lock weir

Large patch of pondweed growing in the still water at the top of Compton Lock overflow weir.

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Red: turkey wattles, Northycote

Red: turkey wattles, Northycote

The Northycote Farm turkey pair on a frosty and sunny morning earlier this month. The sun was low in the sky and behind them, lighting their wattles from behind and making them glow bright red.

Pretty much every time I tried to capture that effect, the birds would move their heads slightly so their wattles were shadowed.

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Red: December rose, contre jour

Red: December rose, contre jour

Rose still in flower in the garden at Lavington’s Hole, Underhill, Bridgnorth, recently. Shot from behind the flower, with the sunlight passing through the petals, and also catching the supporting threads of the spiders’ webs on the bush.

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Coal tits, Northycote Farm

Coal tits, Northycote Farm

The fourth of the titmouse species attracted to the feeders at Northycote Farm. Coal tits enjoying some seeds.

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Cluster of yellowish berries, Northycote Farm

Cluster of yellowish berries, Northycote Farm

Cluster of yellowish berries on the end of a branch of one of the shrubs in the sensory garden at Northycote Farm.

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Blackbird in hawthorn hedge, Northycote

Blackbird in hawthorn hedge

Female blackbird in the hawthorn hedge by the side of the track leading down towards the stream at Northycote Farm. Just getting ready to fly off in the final picture.