David

Irises, petals still splashed with drops of water after recent rain. Planted up against the wall of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust property New Place, Stratford on Avon, so that the flowers are enhanced by the contrasts in colour and texture with the old bricks of the house.

Pair of swans performing a complex dance, co-ordinating their actions while swimming on the Avon at Stratford.

Quite likely the dance ended with the pair mating, but I didn’t hang around to see if that happened.

Arapawa goats, one of the world’s rarest of rare breeds, at Mary Arden’s Farm. Things seem to be arranged that there in a new kid every year, confident that its role in life is to lie in the sun looking cute.

Coot’s nest with two chicks: seen on two consecutive days. The first day, only one chick visible. The other might not have hatched yet, might be hidden under the parent bird. Next day two sets of red on the faces of two chicks can be seen, most clearly in the final picture.

Wisteria when it was just starting to flower over the Easter weekend, on the front of the Mermaid Inn, Wightwick.

Duckling, one of the five on the canal at Compton, just resurfaced after diving underwater, with drops still on the down of its back.