David

More birds searching for worms among the daisies in West Park. This time a magpie.

The long, cold, wet weather has meant there have been very few spring fungi. These, spring fieldcaps, were growing on the wood mulch in a flower bed at Chapel Ash.

One of the small flock hanging round West Park, searching for worms among the daisies near the bandstand.

The pool at Badger, almost covered in waterlily leaves. While I was there, I couldn’t see any sign of the ducks (or ducklings) which are usually there.

Young goosanders playful learning to fish on the Severn at Atcham. Four or five young birds with their mother. The mother would swim, apparently effortlessly, to where the fish were before diving. The youngsters were powering like a set of living jet skis, They were making dashes of perhaps twenty or thirty yards, leaving long wakes behind them, ending by submerging suddenly./

Montgomery (Trefaldwyn) is sheep country. In late spring there are lots of lambs in the fields.