Category: David

Song thrushes are normally timid. But this bird’s territory includes the some of the busiest parts of Northycote Farm, and it may have realised it was separated from me by a fence, so it didn’t seem concerned.

Trees and other flotsam brought down the river by continuing high waters have been accumulating trapped on one of the piers of Bridgnorth bridge, forming a small temporary island.

It gave a suitable perch for this grey wagtail to watch the river, safe from human disturbance.

Wallflowers living up to their name on the rugged remains of the castle at Bridgnorth.

A busy morning at the Northycote Farm bird feeding station recently: four species of titmice and a nuthatch. All pictures taken within a space of ten minutes.

What a difference a month makes!

Towards the end of February, a frosty morning and ice crystals thickly coating the remains of one of last year’s umbellifers in Compton Rough.

In among the geese and mallards which haunt the river by Severn Bridge in Bridgnorth, a lone male tufted duck.

When he gets out of the water, his feet look huge.