Category: David

Young coot chick swimming away from shore in the greenish-looking waters of West Park lake.

Peacock butterfly with ragged wings, which spent some time with its wings spread on the wooden railing of the Compton Park footbridge. A little later it moved to a nearby flower where it continued to warm itself.

Young heron, a regular on one of the islands in West Park, standing in a fallen willow which is still growing as it hangs over the water of the lake.

Purple lupin flowering in one of the small but carefully planted front gardens of East Castle Street, Bridgnorth.

May 28th. Still one and the other of the West Park nesting herons spending its time on a convenient perch to guard the nearby nest, occasionally preening. The other bird nearby in a position where the fishing was better. The few minutes I was there neither bird actually returned to the nest.

Nothing actually visible over the rim of the nest, but the adult pair still acting like there was something worth protecting there.

Looking semi-transparent and much less conspicuous than the male of the species, this is a female common blue damselfly, currently at rest on the leaf of one of the bullrushes in Compton Park pool.