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This month's images - April 2025

Orange Tip butterfly
  Male Orange Tip butterfly in Linslade Woods, 17 April 2025.
 




Pollinators
  Pollinating insects in our garden, Alwins Field, on the apple blossom, 17 April 2025.
L to R: Drone Fly, Honey Bee, White-tailed Bumblebee.
 




Nomad
                  Bee - female
  A female Nomad Bee in Linslade Woods, 16 April 2025.
You can tell it's a female by the number of segments in the antennae; females have 12 while males have 13.
 




Blackbird female
  A female Blackbird collecting worms for her babies in our garden, Alwins Field, 11 April 2025.
 




Rook on seed
                  feeder
  Many (but not all) of the local Rooks are able to take seed from our garden feeders, Alwins Field, 11 April 2025.
 




Starling - male
  A male Starling, Corbett Square, 7 April 2025.
 




Feral
                  Pigeon (Rock Dove)
  A feral Pigeon in our garden, Alwins Field, 7 April 2025.
This one is quite handsome and closely resembles the original, wild Rock Dove that can still be seen around the coast.
 




Brimstone butterfly on Bluebell
  Brimstone butterfly feeding on a Bluebell, Linslade Woods,
4 April 2025.
 




Peacock butterfly
  One of over twenty Peacock butterflies seen in Linslade Woods
on 3 April 2025.
 




Lesser Celandines
  Lesser Celandines, Linslade Woods, 3 April 2025.
 







Pied
                  Wagtail
  Pied Wagtail, Ouzel Valley, 1 April 2025.
Several Pied Wagtails were feeding in puddles on the meadow.
 



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