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Coronavirus walk no. 5, 8th May 2020

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Not many photos taken on this walk, just various wildlife. The photos from this walk are uncharacteristically not presented in chronological order.

Some early May sunshine:

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This house is on the inside of a very sharp bend; better than being on the outside!

A friendly rustic wolf spider, Trochosa ruricola.

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Spidey says “hello”

Various other invertebrates:

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Daddy long legs (Tipulidae) mating … as if we needed more of the stupid things
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Pill bugs, always a favourite
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A small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) butterfly

I’ve had bats flying around me many times on the walk home from work; they are surprisingly nimble in the air considering that their fur looks like it would cause aerodynamic drag.

This was a dead pipistrelle bat lying by the side of the road:

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Human hand for scale: I was not carrying a banana