Mangalitza sow given her own sty separate from the other adult pigs on Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote. I couldn’t see any staff around to ask why, but perhaps a litter on the way.
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Collared dove on fence
Collared dove sitting on a fence. For once the bird didn’t fly off as I cme down the nearby footpath.
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Lambs galore, Mary Arden’s Farm
Lambs – at least two different species are represented – on Mary Arden’s Farm. A few sheep have sneaked in as well.
Lesser tortoiseshell butterfly caterpillars spotted by the railway station at Wilmcote. One on the leaf of a hazel growing by the ramp leading to the station. The other was crawling along one of the benches on the opposite platform.
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Tulips galore
Pictured just after Easter, a profusion of tulips in the gardens of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust properties in Stratford on Avon: the birthplace itself, as well as New Place and Hall’s Croft.
Each of these gardens was planted with a different mix of tulips and other flowers, with varying carefully chosen combinations of colours and of flower types.
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First swallow, resting, Castlecroft
First swallow I spotted this spring, by the house at the end of the bridle path by the canal at Castlecroft. One day a bird resting on the horse weathervane. The next day, what might have been the same bird was on the TV aerial.