Medlards beginning to ripen on a bush by the Dell open air theatre in the Avonbank Gardens in Stratford on Avon. There are various medlars planted around the town, presumably on the grounds that the fruit get several (not very favourable) mentions in Shakespeare’s plays.
A single hop plant growing in one of the cliffside gardens, and dangling over the fence of Castle Walk in Bridgnorth, giving distraction from the scenic views over the Severn vally below.
Last installment of the livestock on Mary Arden’s Farm in Wilmcote – this time the sheep. There’s at least a couple of types here. Probably, as usual, rare breeds. But I didn’t spot an orientation board to see which ones.
Cock and a couple of hens enjoying resting in a hollow in the ground, lying on the bare soil, in the poultry pen on Mary Arden’s farm, Wilmcote.
This moth is well camouflaged for resting up by day on tree trunks or the like. Instead it chose to settle on the white-painted wall of the tea shop opposite Anne Hathaway’s cottage in Shottery.
Some of the birds of prey at Mary Arden’s Farm. The birds look well, and it’s interesting to get to see them up close, or going through their paces with the falconer. But I’m still happier with occasional and distant views of wild ones.