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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 4h
It's a conker of course! Did you know that the horse chestnut tree isn't native to the UK? It's originally from the Balkan Peninsula and was first introduced to the UK from Turkey in the 17th century. It was widely planted, which is why it's now a common sight in parks, gardens and streets.
A photo of a brown shiny conker inside a broken green spiky casing with brown spots on the outside and white flesh on the inside lying on grass
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It's time for this week's #MondayMystery! Which autumn favourite is this and, for a bonus gold star, where did it originally come from? 🤔🍂
Close-up showing the spiky skin of a green-yellow mystery object with short, sharp brown-tipped spines and scattered rust-colored speckles.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A beautiful clouded yellow spotted on some late flowering knapweed at one of our nature reserves last week. It's been a great year for these vibrant butterflies - have you seen one? 💛
Bright lemon-yellow butterfly with black spots and a pale ringed eyespot feeding on a purple flower against a soft-focus green grass background.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thank you to everyone who responded to Wyre Forest District Council's proposed disposal of part of Burlish Meadows. A new report has been published by the Council recommending that the planned disposal should not proceed. Find out more at www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/proposed-sal...
A winter meadow with rolling hills dotted with leafless trees beneath a wide blue sky with wispy clouds.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That was a tricky one! The answer is betony, a perennial herb fantastic for late pollinators that can be found in grasslands, heathlands, woodland rides and gardens as late as October. 💜
Close-up of a single tall spike of bright pink-purple tubular wildflowers with layered blooms, set against blurred green foliage and a second stalk behind.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Good morning #MondayMystery! Can anybody guess what we might still spot in our woodlands in early autumn?
close-up of a purple flower focusing on its inner stamen and petals
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Will you spot a hibernating herald moth this autumn and winter? They seek out dark caves, tunnels and other hidden places to spend the colder months. Wendy even spotted herald moths hanging out with cave spiders!🕸️ Find out more👉🏼 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/seasona...
Four rust-orange moths clustered on a rough rock wall in a dark crevice, with a dark spider nearby on the left
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Come with us for a bat box check in our latest podcast episode! Host Lee joins volunteers from the Worcestershire Bat Group at The Knapp and Papermill nature reserve 🦇🌿🌳 Listen on 👂🏼 Spotify bit.ly/WWTPodEp16 Website bit.ly/WWTPodEp16Web YouTube bit.ly/WWTPodEp16YT Apple apple.co/3TBzMsA
Podcast cover for Worcestershire Wildlife Trust's "Wild Worcestershire" Episode 16 showing a small bat flying across a dark background with the trust logo in the corner.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What are ewe looking at?! 🐏🌿 Conservation grazing is really important for our meadows. We use a selection of livestock such as sheep, cows and sometimes horses to graze unwanted vigorous grasses which would normally out compete wildflowers if left unmanaged. 💚🌼
A flock of mixed white and black-faced sheep clustered in a sunlit green pasture, many looking toward the camera beneath a wide blue sky with scattered white clouds and a distant tree line.A close-up curious sheep facing the camera in a sunlit green pasture, other sheep grazing blurred in the background
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Have you ever spotted a southern green shieldbug nymph? 🪲🌻 They appear to have had a good summer and are spreading north and west from their southern England stronghold. Submit your sightings via www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/wildlife-sig...
Black and yellow–spotted insect nymph perched on the edge of a green leaf with reddish tips, shown in close-up against a soft green background.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's a snipe but we can see why some of you might have thought it was a woodcock - especially as you can't really see the habitat in the photo. Snipe are associated with damp habitats whereas woodcocks, although wading birds, are predominantly associated with woodlands (cont.)
Camouflaged snipe standing in shallow water, probing with its long straight bill among green reeds and reflected ripples while foraging.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good morning! For today's #MondayMystery, can anybody identify what is busy looking for their next meal here? 🪱
Camouflaged mottled-brown bird probing and foraging head-first among tall green grass and low ground foliage.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The final butterflies of the year are still hanging on 🦋 Tattered wings can tell a story of their long or hard life - they might be old, they might have snagged them on thorns or they might have escaped a bird’s beak. Despite missing parts of their wings, butterflies can still keep on flying. 💛
Yellow butterfly with tattered wing edges resting and feeding on a cluster of small bright pink tubular flowers against a softly blurred garden path and foliage.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Feeling tempted to give your garden a tidy by deadheading some plants? This is your reminder to leave the seedheads for pollinators and birds to enjoy 🌻🐝 🎥 Julie Grainger
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sound on for the cutest snores 🥰🐭 We have dormouse boxes at several of our #naturereserves that we monitor to keep track of how our dormouse populations are doing. Sometimes we come across them have a good old snooze! 😴 #DormouseWeek 🎥 Ellie Watton
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good morning #MondayMystery! Any guesses what we have here? And no it's not a Doctor Who monster!
Close-up showing a central green cluster with thin curved stems and radiating white silky filaments
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Everyone deserves nature close to home 💚 The The Wildlife Trusts have released a new paper that proposes solutions to help people access nature. Find out more via bit.ly/AccessToNatu... #AccessToNature #NatureForAll
Two young children in colorful coats and wellies stand in a grassy field looking toward trees, overlaid with the headline "Everyone deserves to have access to nature."
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good guessing everyone, it is a lesser whitethroat! A secretive bird, as our colleague Ion found here when trying to take its photo, they are most likely to be heard around woodland and scrub, rather than seen.
A photo of a small brown bird with a lighter brown breast and darker brown head and wings perched on a tree branch
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Good morning, it's #MondayMystery time! Can you tell us who is hiding here? 🔎
Small grey brown bird perched among leafy branches heavy with bright red berries and pale lichen, partially hidden in dappled sunlight.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Cattle aren't the only ones making use of this water trough! Amazing to see this buzzard enjoying a drink captured on our trailcam at #TheWorcestershireSandlands 😄💙 #SavingWorcestershiresHeathlands #NationalLottery #HeritageFund
Buzzard perched on the edge of a metal water trough, leaning forward to drink beside a wooden fence post and tall grasses in an overcast field
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wasp spiders have arrived in #Worcestershire 🕷️🤩 They’ve been spotted at a few sites in the southeast of the county and they’ve even been spotted in a garden in west Worcestershire. If you spot one, take a photo and upload it via www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/wildlife-sig...
Striped wasp spider suspended in its orb web, bold yellow-and-black banded abdomen and orange legs outstretched against a blurred backdrop of tall grasses.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We're nearly there! 🌳💚 We've raised over £889,000 of our £958,000 target - can you help us raise the remaining £69,000 to allow us to double the size of #TrenchWood nature reserve? Make a donation via bit.ly/ExpandingTre... #MoreWoodlandForWildlife
Fundraising banner for Worcestershire Wildlife Trust’s largest woodland nature reserve at Trench Wood, showing sunlit oak trees in a green meadow, the trust logo, and hashtag #MoreWoodlandForWildlife
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Our #volunteers were delighted to be able to watch a female brown hairstreak laying her eggs on blackthorn last week…looking forward to seeing more adults in 2027 🦋😍
Small orange butterfly with thin white zigzag markings perched on a textured green leaf in sunlight.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
❗️ There will be management work taking place around Amy's Marsh and North Moors hide at #UptonWarren tomorrow between 8:30am and 4pm. We apologise for any disturbance.
Person looking through binoculars from a wooden bird hide at a wetland watching birds
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Who's looking 👀 at you for today's #MondayMystery? You might hear them in your gardens, woodlands and parks this autumn 🍂
Two black round eyes in extreme close-up and brown and white feathers around a small pale beak.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Have you ever spotted something unusual looking on an acorn? It's probably a knopper gall, formed when female knopper gall wasps lay their eggs into the buds of developing acorns. 🍃🐝 Dive into the world of knopper galls 👉🏼https://www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/seasonal-spot/nobbly-knopper-galls
Cluster of green acorns and knobbly galls growing on a twig amid oak leaves
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Discover how connecting with nature, being active, taking notice, learning and giving can do wonders for our wellbeing while helping wildlife in our local communities 💚 Listen on 👂🏼 Spotify bit.ly/WWTPodEp15 Apple apple.co/3T6K2bY Web bit.ly/WWTPodEp15Web YouTube bit.ly/WWTYT #WildWorcestershire
Graphic for Worcestershire Wildlife Trust's Wild Worcestershire podcast (Episode 15): two people walk along a grassy path through a lush garden toward a tree and cathedral, with the trust logo in the top-left corner.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#TheKnappandPapermill nature reserve will be closed from Monday 14 September to Friday 9 October 2026. Major engineering works will be taking place to repair the path between the entrance to the orchard. Find out more about the work via our website 👉🏼 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/news/knapp-a...
Text that reads 'Closure notice: The Knapp and Papermill' with Worcestershire Wildlife Trust logo over a sunlit woodland path leading into mixed trees under a blue sky.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Looking for a new opportunity? We're recruiting a #Fundraising Development Officer to help us continue to grow our work protecting wildlife & inspiring people across #Worcestershire. The occasional cupcake might be involved 😃 Visit www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/jobs for more info. #Jobs #JobAlert
The words 'Work with us - Fundraising Development Officer' are written over a photo of a table of cakes. Some of the cakes have flags in saying things like 'eat me and help create new habitat for wildlife' - it's a cake/bake sale for charity.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Who's ready for a bank holiday #MondayMystery? 🔎 They’ve both got false eyes, but which two species of butterfly are we looking at? 🦋
Two orange-and-brown butterflies with false eyes perched and feeding on a round purple wildflower, surrounded by green foliage and small yellow blooms.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Redstarts, wheatears and whinchats are all on the move at the moment. Look out for these beauties when you’re out and about this weekend 😍🐦
Small pale-breasted bird with a grey back, black eye mask and warm buff underparts perched on a weathered wooden post, looking right against a plain grey background.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Our colleague Beth spotted these lime galls on some lime tree leaves. The galls develop from the chemicals released when mites suck sap from the leaf surface. They can be long and pointed like these ones or shorter with rounded tips. Look out for them next time you're passing a lime tree 👀🌳
Lime tree leaves covered in dozens of small beige wart-like galls
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Disappointment 🐍 This grass snake was captured on camera disappearing into a vole hole but didn't find the occupant at home. The vole lived another day and the snake wandered off to find a different meal. Thanks to Davinia Carr for sharing this super trailcam footage with us 🙌🏼
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We're getting close to our final target - can you help us create our largest woodland nature reserve? 🌳💚 By securing 45 hectares of land at Trench Farm, we can more than double the size of #TrenchWood and begin restoring a bigger, more connected landscape for wildlife. 👉🏼 bit.ly/ExpandingTre...
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It's #MondayMystery time! Can anybody guess what was captured mid-flight on the trail camera #WorcesterCommunityGarden? 🪽
Bird captured mid-flight above a green circular bench in a leafy backyard garden, with stacked branches, small logs and a large weathered stump in the foreground.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It’s amazing to see just how drought-resistant our wildflowers can be! 🌱✨ This knapweed and bird’s-foot-trefoil are still thriving and beautifully green, standing out against the dry brown vegetation around them. This is thanks to their amazing root systems that reach deep into the soil. 💚
A low green clump of yellow wildflowers thriving amid a sea of dry, golden grass, with a distant tree line and clear sky on the horizon.A low patch of green groundcover dotted with small bright purple wildflowers growing amid dry, brown grass
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Join Rosemary, Wendy and Lee as they wander around the wildlife garden at #LowerSmiteFarm and take a closer look at a variety of wildlife, from ants and aphids to butterflies and bees. 🐝🦋✨ Listen on 👂🏼 Spotify bit.ly/WWTPodEp14 Apple apple.co/3SOib01 Web bit.ly/WWTPodEp14Web YouTube bit.ly/WWTYT
Three people stand in a garden, smiling as a man holds a furry microphone and a woman holds a camera during an outdoor podcast for Worcestershire Wildlife Trust’s Wild Worcestershire podcast, labeled Episode 14 with the Trust logo visible.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Closure notice❗ The permissive path from the A38 to the Arthur Jacobs hide at #UptonWarren will be closed this Thursday 20th and Friday 21st of August. Contractors will be pollarding some mature willows along the Salwarpe.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Ion spotted a marsh tit! Easily confused with coal tits and willow tits, marsh tits are small, mainly brown birds, with a shiny black cap, neat black bib and pale belly. They are so similar to willow tits that ornithologists didn't realise they were two separate species until 1897!
Small bird with a black cap and throat, white cheeks and buff-gray body perched on a short wooden twig against a soft, out-of-focus green-brown background.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It's Monday morning, which means it's time for a #MondayMystery! Can anybody identify what our colleague Ion spotted up in the trees last week? 🌳
Small bird with a black cap perched on a branch, wings slightly spread and head down
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
How lucky is our supporter, Russell, who has tawny owls at the bottom of his garden! This summer he’s been able to watch them grow up and successfully fledge 🦉😍 Listen out for hooting owls that have set off to establish their own territories as autumn draws nearer 🍂🌳 #Owlets #Worcestershire
Small brown mottled owlet perched on a horizontal branch in dense green foliage, eyes half-closed and talons gripping the wood while blending into the surrounding branches.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
❗️ There will be management work happening around Amy's marsh/North Moors hide at #UptonWarren tomorrow between 9am and 3pm. We apologise for any disturbance.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It's a speckled bush-cricket! As their name suggests, speckled bush-crickets are covered in tiny, black speckles. They can be found in scrub, hedgerows and gardens throughout summer. Males rub their wings together to create a 'song' for the females. 🦗🎶
Close-up of a bright green speckled bush-cricket with long antennae and reddish eyes perched on a textured, fuzzy leaf against a warm orange background.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
For today's #MondayMystery, can anybody identify who these long, spotted legs belong to? 🤔
Macro shot highlighting the texture and fine hairs of a green insect’s speckled, spiny legs filling the frame against a solid orange background.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Worried about the wildlife in your pond? 💙🐸🌿 Our colleague Beth has shared her top tips for supporting ponds and wildlife during a drought 👉🏼 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/guest/d...
Small pond with dark reflective water surrounded by tall grasses, clusters of lily pads at the far edge, and scattered floating algae and wetland plants.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Discover more about our amazing #UptonWarren wetland as Lee joins Eleanor and Ion to talk birds, insects and much more in this month's #podcast 👇️ Spotify: bit.ly/WWTPodEp13 Apple: apple.co/3RYo8am Our website: bit.ly/WWTPodEp13Web
Three people in a wooden birdwatching hide are sitting with their backs to the camera as they look through binoculars out of the thin windows
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Grasshoppers are known for providing the evocative soundtrack to warm, summer days 🦗😍 Get to know them in a guest blog by Peter G. Sutton, author of Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allies of Great Britain and Ireland 👉🏼 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/seasona...
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Stand up for nature and object to the sale of #BurlishMeadows 💚📢 Wyre Forest District Council have agreed in principle to sell part of Burlish Meadows Conservation Area. Read our CEO Mike’s blog to find out how you can have your say 👉🏼 bit.ly/SaveBurlishMeadows
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust campaign graphic urging support to save Burlish Meadows, showing a grassy meadow with scattered young trees under a blue sky and the headline "Help us save Burlish Meadows" noting it is a rare habitat in the Wyre Forest.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The answer is three! There is a large frog poking out of the water, one small frog perched on a stem in the middle and one tadpole in the water beneath it. Gold star to anyone who spotted the large frog hiding at the back! 🌟
Small brown frog perched on a green pond plant stem, with a second frog partly submerged among stems and a black tadpole swimming below.
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
For this week's #MondayMystery, can you tell us how many frogs* our colleague Anna photographed in the pond at Mr Beestans Garden in #Droitwich?! 🐸🤔 *all life stages apply!
Tiny brown frog perched on a green reed above shallow pond water, surrounded by submerged leaves and numerous tadpoles
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