Cranesbill in the wildflower meadow on Mary Arden’s Farm (but it could be any midlands wildflower meadow or field margin). Some flowers still blooming, but others where the seed already developing, showing the shape a bit like a bird’s head with an elongated beak which gives the plant its name.
Swallows nest in the barns at Mary Arden’s Farm every summer. When I visited in late August, this was the last nest with chicks still being fed by the parents.
The young looked like they would be ready to fly shortly, so that the birds could soon set off on their long journey to get the benefit of the southern hemisphere summer.
Sloes green then turning blue-black as they ripen. These were on a blackthorn in one of the hedges in Mary Arden’s Farm.
More of the stock from Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote. This time, some of the goats, accomplished performers for the spectators.
Another of the striking flowers of the front gardens of East Castle Street, Bridgnorth. A petunia with petals which were almost black.
A couple of days staying in Stratford on Avon last month, so I came back with lots of pictures, many of them showing the livestock and wildlife of Mary Arden’s farm in Wilmcote.
Here is the showy turkey cock, and the somewhat less flashy female.