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Fly eating nectar

This fly was eating from flowers on the same ivy as Wednesday’s hoverfly. Video

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A muted colour scheme

Cones

Pale green needles and light brown cones.

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Mushrooms from above

Mushrooms from above

Small mushrooms growing through regularly-mown vegetation.

Mushrooms from above

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Hoverfly on ivy

On warm days at this time of year, lots of insects go wild for the nectar of ivy flowers. This hoverfly was one such. Video

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Holly berries

Holly berries

Winter’s coming.

Holly berries

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Bee gathering nectar

Bee gathering nectar

A series of close-ups of a bee going about its task.

Bee gathering nectar

Bee gathering nectar

Bee gathering nectar

Bee gathering nectar

Bee gathering nectar

Bee gathering nectar

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Red admiral butterfly feeding–underside of wing

Red admiral butterfly feeding on ivy flower

As this red admiral eagerly fed on ivy flowers, it folded its wings almost together to display the muted colours of the underside.

Red admiral butterfly feeding on ivy flower

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Ornamental apples

Ornamental apples

These ornamental crab apples are on adjacent trees slightly upstream from Compton Lock’.

Ornamental apples

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Autumn dawn, West Park

Autumn dawn, West Park

View over the lake towards where the sun is just about to appear over the city centre.

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Green blackberries

Green blackberries

Most blackberries have ripened now, but not these.