David

Frogspawn, already beginning to develop. The weather this spring has not been good for breeding frogs (and others).

All today’s posts are from the lower pool in the Wightwick Manor garden.

An impressively large fish swimming in the pool at Wightwick Manor.

Today’s pictures (and a few more to follow) were taken last weekend, when there wasn’t the normal entrance charge. There are normally a couple of weekends each year where the National Trust give free entrance to their sites.

Canada goose on its nest on a small island in the pool at Wightwick Manor.

It was possibly brooding eggs while its mate patrolled on guard.

The early evening spring sunshine was bright enough to shine through the petals and leaves of these daffodils.

A large, untidy nest towards the top of a tree: it belongs to a pair of magpies, and was still visible because the long cold spell has delayed the onset of spring.

Mistlethrush perching on a twig on the edge of Compton Park.

It didn’t seem worried that I was only a few yards away.