David

Duck and ducklings on a canal bank. The young birds feeding among the grass, the mother unconcerned as I passed by inches away.

Clematis, escaped from cultivation and well-established on a fence on the far side of the Birmingham Canal, half way down the 21 locks. It was in full flower mid-May.

Red flowers on a hawthorn tree, just beginning to go over a couple of weeks ago.

Views of the Smestow, directly downstream from the footbridge of Trescott Ford.

Moorhen searching for food on the far side of the canal at Aldersley. There is a pair of young chicks on the moss-covered rocky ledge behind.

Two views of the same flowering yellow flag iris. I just moved one pace between the two shots, but that was enough to make all the difference to the canal in the background.

First it is blue from reflected sky, then brown where the water was in shadow. The white blobs on the water are petals which had been brought down by heavy rain the previous night.