Footprints from one of the smaller deer species, left in deep mud at the edge of a quiet Suffolk lane, which was passing through a lightly wooded area.
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Barley Field butterflies
Butterflies on the margins of the Smestow Valley LNR’s Barley Field recently: a gatekeeper, meadow brown and a comma.
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Orchids, 2019, Baggeridge
Orchids last month in Baggeridge Country Park. I probably missed the peak of the season, but the main patch of spotted and southern marsh orchids seemed to be less densely covered than in recent years. On the other hand, they seemed to be cropping up further than previously in the Lidyates orchard.
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Wagtail, Mermaid Wharf, Wightwick
Wagtail, one of a pair living by the canal at Wightwick, hunting for insects at Mermaid Wharf.
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Poppies with diving bees
Poppies with elaborate petals growing in a roadside garden on the edge or Worfield, attracting bees which were diving down to reach the nectar.
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Moorhen chicks, Bags Pool shore
Four rapidly-maturing moorhen chicks on the shore of Bags Pool, Baggeridge Country Park. I couldn’t see what it was they were scavenging to eat.