David

Something a little different for Christmas Day, once again. Graffiti of a heron with a fish in its beak, low on the wall of one of the houses on Temeside, by the River Teme in Ludlow. Often visible for real just a few minutes walk by the river.

The BT boxes (I guess) in Shrewsbury have each had an individual painting, perhaps meant to be on a theme of evolution. This one, by English Bridge, is a sight which sadly cant’ be seen for real.

A group of four ravens roosting on a tree in the green space by the Porthill Footbidge, across the river from the Quarry, Shrewsbury. Disturbed by a buzzard. They took to the air and saw the intruder off in short order.

The River Teme at Ludlow, coming wonn fierecely as it carried waters from storms Arwen and Barra. Views from Dinham Bridge, showing the castle menacing on the cliff above; along the Breadwalk, from Ludford Bridge and a little further downstream.

A few goosanders on the river near the centre of Shrewsbury earlier this month. Three pairs in the vicinity of the St Julian Friars footbridge. Whenever someone was feeding bread for the birds, these goosanders would join the throng, but miss the bread monopolised by the more pushy gulls and mallards.

As the River Severn rose after storms Arwen and Barra, it was encroaching on the footpaths at the edge of the Quarry in Shrewsbury. A pair of swans took the opportunity to explore the food sources of one of the newly-created stretches of water.

A carrion crow, or perhaps two different birds, by the River Severn in the Quarry, right by the centre of Shrewsbury.