David

Male and female mallard, who seem to be using these flattened reeds as a nest

A lesser celandine growing by the canal near Castlecroft. The lack of sharpness is from taking this close-up without a tripod. I wasn’t aiming for this effect, but thought it looked a little like an impressionist painting.

Lichens growing thickly on a branch of one of the bushes on the edge of Barley Field.

Horse chestnut buds are covered in a resin which is normally sticky or tacky. This one seemed to have dried out.

A garden gnome caught in the current unseasonable snow.

Spotted in a front garden. Looks like someone was expecting the late arrival of spring this year.