Some plants with a natural habitat in hedgerows or meadows are also adept at spreading to pavements, roadside gutters, and untended gardens. Black medic, here growing outside a garden wall, is one which is a bane of those who want a perfect lawn.
The bright purple flowers of a Judas tree in front of the Conservatory in West Park.
Three cygnets with the mother swan on the lake at West Park. When we saw them previously, a few days earlier, the cob had also been there. This time there was no sign of him.
Swans are normally very attentive parents. The pen stays close to the cygnets, while the cob usually stands guard a little distance away, constantly alert to any threats. It’s most unusual to see a grouping like this.
Star of bethlehem flowering, almost hidden in the long grass under the apple and pear trees of the orchard in Anne Hathaway’s cottage.
The water in the basin of the Stratford canal looking dead flat on a calm spring day, reflecting the big wheel in the park across the river.
Two lilac bushes side by side: one with the eponymously-coloured flowers, on the other they’re white.