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Brown hawker dragonflies on patrol

Brown hawker dragonfly on patrol

A spot on the River Avon, just downstream of Stratford, seemed particluarly attractive to dragonflies last month. There were at least five, probably all males, of two different species, contesting for territory on the same patch. The larger (the largest common dragonfly around these parts) were a couple of brown hawkers.

They seemed never to pause from their rapid flight with sudden unpredicatable changes of direction. These were the best of the pictures I managed to get.

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Red admiral autumn

Red admiral butterfly

Butterfly numbers are falling, but there seem to have been a lot of red admirals about this autumn. This set includes individuals attracted to a late-flowering buddleia bush in a front garden, and a rather battered looking butterfly on flowers on some type of exotic bush in West Park.

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Pre-dawn West Park, the morning after Aileen

Pre-dawn West Park, the morning after Aileen

The first storm of the autumn brought down lots of tree branches, though there seemed to be few in the parts of West Park I visited early the next morning. This was the view looking across the boating lake towards the direction the sun was due to rise some minutes later.

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Sheep and goats, Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote

Ram, Mary Arden's Farm, Wilmcote

More of the traditional breeds livestock from Mary Arden’s Farm in Wilmcote – contented seeming sheep and goats on a sunny autumn morning.

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Honeysuckle berries ripening (and a flower)

Honeysuckle berries

Berries at different stages of ripening on a honeysuckle, and one of the flowers still on the plant on the same day recently.

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Privet berries ripening

Privet berries ripening

This has been a good year for privet berries – a small selection here at different stages of ripening.