This month's images - February 2019
	A Tufted Duck (a drake) at Astral Lake Park, 27 February 2019.
	Small Tortoiseshell butterfly warming in the sun at Astral Lake Park on 27 February 2019.
	A young rabbit near the canal, Linslade, 26 February 2019.
	A Brimstone Butterfly in Linslade Woods, 23 February 2019.
	A female Chaffinch in Linslade Woods, 22 February 2019.
	A Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) that had over-wintered in Linslade Woods but was woken up by the sun, 22 February 2019.
	A 7-spot Ladybird, having over-wintered in a shrub in our garden, Alwins Field, 22 February 2019.
	A Pine Ladybird, about half the size of the 7-spot Ladybird, in the same shrub, Alwins Field, 22 February 2019.
	Wood mouse in our garden rockery at night, Alwins Field, 19 February 2019.
	A single bloom of Coltsfoot found at Astral Lake Park, 13 February 2019.
	Red Kite soaring above Astral Park Lake, 13 February 2019.
	Canada Goose (one of a pair that flew in) at Tiddenfoot WP, 13 February 2019.
	Cormorant drying its wings at Tiddenfoot WP, 13 February 2019.
	Creatures found while cleaning out our garden pond - 1. Freshwater shrimp: Alwins Field, 12 February 2019. It is small, of course, only about 10mm long when stretched out.
	Creatures found while cleaning out our garden pond - 2. Freshwater leech: Alwins Field, 12 February 2019. It has suckers at both ends and can stretch to about 50mm long. It is a kind of worm that feeds on other pond creatures but its jaws cannot pierce human skin.
	One of our pair of Robins, Alwins Field, 3 February 2019.
	Female Blackbird - the one with the scraggy tail that owns our garden - Alwins Field, 3 February 2019. She has been around for three years, although we don't see much of her in the Summer.
	Black Swan, Tiddenfoot WP, 1 February 2019.
	Green Woodpecker in our garden and finding ants to eat beneath the snow, Alwins Field, 1 February 2019.
	Black-headed Gull coming in to land in our garden, Alwins Field, 1 February 2019.

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