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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

In pictures: Heather Angel’s Wild Kew

Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Bumblebee
A bumblebee loaded with orange pollen load flies to to mullein flower, part of the Verbascum genus Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: large ring of fungi
Part of large ring of fungi, Leucopaxillus giganteus, in grass near trees where it forms large arcs and fairy rings around September Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Little grebe or dabchick
A little grebe or dabchick floats by a reflection of large mute swan Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: A pond skater
A pond skater, Gerris lacustris, walks on water using surface tension shown by the dimpled meniscus Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Dichotomously branched liverwort thallus
Dichotomously branched liverwort thallus, Marchantia polymorpha, with gemmae cups, out of which propagules are released by splashing raindrops to enable reproduction Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Jackdaw
A jackdaw leaps to feed on the acorns of the holm oak, Quercus ilex Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Chinese mitten crab
A Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis, crouches quiety in the lake of Kew Gardens Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Crustose lichens growing on ornamental hawthorn
Crustose lichens growing on ornamental hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, also know as pink corkscrew Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Harts tongue fern
Hart's tongue fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, beside a waterfall in Kew's rock garden, with liverworts covering rocks in the cavern behind Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Male golden pheasant
A male golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, stands among the bluebells in the conservation area Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Red fox
A red fox, with the rather fetching Latin name Vulpes vulpes, gives the photographer a telling look in some woodland Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Coots, Fulica atra
Two noisy coots, Fulica atra, fight it out on ice Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Ring necked parakeets
Ring-necked parakeets, Psittacula krameri, do a little courting Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Rush spider
A rush spider, Tetragnatha resting on yellow flag leaf Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: Silver birch
Silver birch (Betula pendula) catkins dispersing a large pollen cloud of microscopic pollen grains, some of which get blown onto the female catkins Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
Heather Angel’s Wild Kew: headed geese and mute swan
The Hercules and Achelous statue fountain keeps part of Palm House pond ice free in severe winter, benefiting wildfowl including bar-headed geese and the mute swan Photograph: Heather Angel/Natural Visions
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