Wolves Wild

Snowdrops flowering a month or so ago in the mild south Devon climate of Topsham.

Views of the landscape looking across the Exe estuary from the high vantage point of the churchyard at Topsham. The reed beds on the far bank of the river extend upstream under the M5 bridge and through a series of RSPB reserves nearing the centre of Exeter.

A pair of shovellers on the Bowling Green Marsh RSPB Reserve. The more brightly coloured drake has an odd patterning among the white of his chest. Is that because he’s part way through changing to mating plumage, or could he be a cross>?

Rain clouds gathering threateningly over the Exe estuary. In the distance, Brent geese and waders begin to gather on the mud banks exposed in the falling tide.

Lapwings among the ducks and geese preening on one of the grass islands in the RSPB reserve at Bowling Green Marsh.

Views across the Exe estuary on a murky winter morning. The drizzle was intermittent where we were, more persistent further away.