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Autumn butterflies: more red admirals

Red admiral butterfly, resting on hawthorn leaf

Red admirals have been the butterfly this autumn. Here are some more, warming themselves in the sun while resting on hawthorn leaves, on a footpath and on a branch high in a willow tree.

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Reflection: log pile

Reflection: log pile

Log pile at the end of the garden of a canalside house in Castlecroft, reflected with gentle distortion in the water.

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Hollyhocks and dahlias, front garden, Bridgnorth

Hollyhock, front garden, Bridgnorth

Flowers, and a flower bud, from one of the ever-changing front gardens in East Castle Street, Bridgnorth.

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Common earthball, Himley Plantation

Common earthball, Himley Plantation

Common earthballs are, as the name claims, quite common. Found in woodland, in summer and autumn, usually in association with trees like oak, birch or beech. This one was in Himley Plantation recently.

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Butterfly autumn: red admirals on ivy flowers

Butterfly autumn: red admiral on ivy flower

Abundant this autumn, red admiral butterflies. At least five or six were attracted to feeding on the flowers of the same patch of ivy as the hornet hoverfly featured yesterday.

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Hazel catkins, mid-September

Hazel catkins, mid-September

This winter’s hazel catkins already beginning to develop: these were on a bush growing in the hedge by the canal at Castlecroft.