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The yellow gorse flowers very cheerful in the sodden black-brown landscape. Me, not so much. Back to work tomorrow after a week's holiday.

Guess what the weather is doing on my last day off...

Clues )
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Marsh Gentian 1

October, and the heath is turning sombre. Here and there a little late heather still in bloom, but rusty brown is the dominant colour now. Which makes the sky blue Marsh Gentian flowers even more extraordinary.

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Emperor Dragonfly
An Emperor Dragonfly above the marshes.

Warm sun, chilly wind. Took a walk by the marshes to admire the dragonflies.

Bog Cotton & blue butterflies )
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Silver-studded Blue 2
Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus).

A morning walk through the woods, by the marshes, and back across the heath.

Things seen in shadow & in sunlight )
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By the marshes

Yesterday was grey, and the wind was in the north. Took the track that runs beside the marshes. A cold, drear track in January, lined with dark heather and dank winter grasses, and ditches full of peat-brown water. But the woodlarks were singing.

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bog myrtle
Bog myrtle & marsh grass.


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