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Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.), bush on a back path. And a couple of blossoming tree varieties, below...
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Ducks!
I've seen this pair at the pond in the managed woods and landing amongst the bulrushes in the drainage ponds of the new estate (below)...
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Magnolias (Chinese/Saucer) - I said I'd strive to snap some sunny SLR shots... I found a dozen more trees around the neighbourhood... But I failed to better the phone pic of the only one I saw in bloom last year (below).
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- Garden aubrieta (Purple Rock-cress), several puddles of these, by the pavement, on my daily loop.
- Springstar (Ipheion uniflorum), I think.
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- Springstar (Ipheion uniflorum), I think.
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- Bulrushes (Typha), were filling the new estate drainage ponds with fluff, last week.
- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), male, in his element. Apparently common, but I'd never spotted one before. Thought it a coal tit, by eye.
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- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), male, in his element. Apparently common, but I'd never spotted one before. Thought it a coal tit, by eye.
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Tulips!! I couldn't find an accessible cluster last year, on only short walks. Thankfully, biking to 'dahlia alley' lined me up with a sunny shot, this Thursday. Accidental SLR over-exposure came out all arty.
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Camellias have just been in peek bloom around here!
- Next door-but-one's bushes, either side of their back garden. Telephoto shot from an upstairs window.
- Below, two more blooms, of different varieties, out on my bike...
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Camellias have just been in peek bloom around here!
- Next door-but-one's bushes, either side of their back garden. Telephoto shot from an upstairs window.
- Below, two more blooms, of different varieties, out on my bike...
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House sparrows, again very common, but I had to bike out to find any.
They apparently love the large mechanically hacked hedge between estates; it has so often been filled with mysterious bird song when I pass.
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Glory-of-the-snow (Scilla forbesii (Baker) Speta) - smatterings of these shy delicate flowers, hiding in the shade and gravelly bits, around neighbourhood. Didn't spot any last year.
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Red Kite (Milvus milvus)!
- I dashed inside for SLR when I saw this one slowly floating in over the house.
- Weeks before, almost home, on bike out looking for one; dived our feeder.
- Common Buzzard, another day.
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Red Kite (Milvus milvus)!
- I dashed inside for SLR when I saw this one slowly floating in over the house.
- Weeks before, almost home, on bike out looking for one; dived our feeder.
- Common Buzzard, another day.
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