David

One of the common water snails on the leaf of a bulrush, in the pool in Compton Park. The pictures which show both edges of the leaf give some idea of how tiny it was – leaf was somewhat under an inch broad.

Carrion crow standing in shallow water at the edge of the Severn in Bridgnorth. It occasionally took a beakful of water, but it wasn’t acting like it was their mainly for a drink.

Cones on a deodar, standing upright on the branch. There’s a small stand of the trees at the edge of the wildflower meadow, Bantock Park.

The usual adult heron in West Park, perched on a favourite willow, growing on the island and hanging over the water of the lake.

The camera I had with me that day could only zoom up to moderate telephoto settings.

I keep popping back for another look at a spindle tree by the Railway Walk at Newbridge, watching the fruit change colour as they ripen. They’re now pink all over, and getting redder.

Dragonfly, a common darter male, on the footpath by the canal, near to Wightwick Mill lock. The males usually perch where they can watch a stretch of still or slow-flowing water. Because the path is work to a lower level than the rest of the canal bank, this one’s field of view only began well above water level.