Author: David

These limpets and barnaces were clinging to one of the rocks which is submerged except at low tide on the Tunnels beach, Ilfracombe.

Wild arum can be found in just about any hedgerow. This one was by the Torrs walk, Ilfracombe.

This sequence shows a young swallow preening.

It was so wrapped up in what it was doing that it carried on as I came nearer and nearer to the post it was perched on.

The pictures were taken by the estuary of the river Exe in Devon.

The Quay in Exeter is a former dock and now leisure area on the river Exe, only a few minutes walk from the city centre. It is the permanent home to several species of water birds, including cormorants.

This is a young bird which spent a long time drying itself in the sun as it stood on a buoy in the middle of the river.

The preferred resting place seems to be with the birds standing in a row on the concrete river wall directly downstream from the junction with the Exeter canal. Some birds seem to be on the lookout for prey: others spending time grooming.

This and the next few posts were taken during a brief visit to Devon towards the end of July.

A normally small side stream joins the river Penk in the Pendeford Mill reserve. This year the stream was decidedly swollen after the persistent heavy rain.

Other mushrooms also form rings as they spread out from year to year, but these are the ones most commonly found growing in a circle.