Wolves Wild

Black-headed gulls, one an adult, the other possibly a juvenile.

They were taking a break standing on rocks in the Severn at Bewdley, exposed by the current low water levels.

Another plant growing from near the top of the river wall a the Severn passed through Bewdley. The yarrow, like the tansy, was flowering during our visit.

A female mallard leads her flock of five well-grown ducklings on to the bank of the Severn at Bewdley. Once ashore, the young birds started preening vigorously.

High on one of the houses facing directly towards the Severn, some house martin nests. Over the water, all day long, house martins and sand martins kept swooping after insects. They were moving far too fast and too unpredictably for me to have any chance of picturing them.

Tansy, in flower, growing from the river wall at Bewdley, with shallow water in the Severn in the background.

A small white butterfly resting on the variegated leaves of an ivy in Bantock Park.