Dangling seed-heads on a riverside plane tree. This year’s leaf buds and the lichen encrustation on the branches can also be seen.
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Author: David
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Exe 6: hungry swan
This swan was on the Exeter canal, not far from its seaward end at the Turf public house.
I was as hungry as the swan. The Turf is a welcoming pub when it is open. Sadly, it stays closed early in the year until the school half term.
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Exe 5: two members of the heron family
A little egret feeding in the river Clyst just before it joins the Exe at Topsham, and the brief snatch of video I got of a grey heron on yacht moorings right near the centre of the village before it was disturbed and flew off.
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Exe 4: early violets
Violets flowering early in February in the (normally) gentle climate of south Devon. In fact, this picture was taken in a brief thaw, only a few hours after the one in the previous post.
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Exe 3: frosted seaweed
As each tide receded, it left behind ice on the mud and elsewhere, as on this seaweed.
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Exe 2: green plover feeding
This green plover was prospecting the ground not far from the hide on the RSPB reserve at Bowling Green marsh, Topsham.