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Heavy haw harvest

Heavy haw harvest

Heavy harvest of ripening haws, in many hedgerows at the moment before birds eat them.

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Cones dangling, ripening, West Park

Cones dangling, ripening, West Park

Ripening cones dangling from a conifer by the West Park bandstand

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Clinging on: hoverfly, evening primrose flower

Clinging on: hoverfly, evening primrose flower

Clinging on to the outside of a petal of an evening primrose flower, a hoverfly. Perhaps still in the spot it had chosen to stay overnight, waiting for the morning sun to warm it up enough to power up for the day.

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Looking both ways: goosanders, Bridgnorth

Looking both ways: goosanders, Bridgnorth

Looking both ways across the river: two goosanders on a half-submerged log sheltered by the tip of the Bylet at Bridgnorth. Possibly an adult female and a now adult-sized young one hatched earlier this year.

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Getting ivy pollen: greenbottle fly

Getting ivy pollen: greenbottle fly

Yet another insect attracted to the September ivy flowers and their pollen: a greenbottle fly. Like the insects in the other posts over the past couple of days, this was on ivy in the towpath hedge by the canal at Compton.

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Getting ivy pollen: bee

Getting ivy pollen: bee

Another insect taking advantage of the the September flowering, getting ivy pollen. A bee busy going around all the flowers, although to me it looked like its pollen baskets were already full to capacity.