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Male orange tip butterfly, lady’s smock, Doxey

Orange tip butterfly, lady's smock, Doxey

Orange tip butterfly feeding on flowers if one of its favourite food plants, lady’s smock, on Doxey Marshes. I’d seen half a dozen other males that morning, and a single one of the more reclusive females. All the others dhad been moving too fast and unpredictably for me to focus on.

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Oystercatcher and little ringed plover, Doxey

Oystercatcher and little ringed plover, Doxey

One of the oystercatchers on the shingle bank in front of the main hide at Doxey Marshes. To its right, half way to the small patch of netttles, a little ringed plover.

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Kestrel hovering, Doxey Marshes

Kestrel hovering, Doxey Marshes

Kestrel hovering or flying to a hovering spot as it watched for prey on Doxey Marshes.

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Moss, feathery fronds, Worfield

Moss, feathery fronds

Moss, pale grean feathery leaves with darker green feathery fronds towering up higher. Growing on a section of the top of the churchyard wall at Worfield.

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Oystercatchers, Doxey Marshes

Oystercatchers, Doxey Marshes

A group of five oystercatchers on the shingle bank nearest the main hide at Doxey Marshes recently.

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Wallflower

Wallflower

Wallflower, growing on a wall. It was around eye level on Castle Walk, Bridgnorth.