Urban Nature Pictures 7/3

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An orange lichen (probably Xanthoria parietina) growing on a rubbish bin in Runnymede.

Runnymede is a meadow along the Thames where many historical events are commemorated, most notably the sealing of the Magna Carta. When we visited there were hundreds of people enjoying the park in the nice weather. There were lots of exotic and native water birds, and lots of interesting insects.



Female mandarin duck.


Short-horned grasshopper.


Mating blue damselflies.


The blue damselflies were very impressive--there were literally thousands of them hovering along the shallows of the river.

Comments

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holy shit look at all of them!!

also, that grasshopper is adorable.