Category: David

Crowds of pigeons gathering on the (former) Ridley’s Seed Warehouse overlooking the Severn at Bridgnorth

Black gloss on the skin of tree peony fruit in a Bridgnorth front garden. The same plant as the flowers were just about to open as seen this spring.

Lichen growing on the near-vertical face of the sandstone by Lavington’s Hole in Bridgnorth, sufficiently long-established to help form a base for other plants to begin to colonise the rocky surface.

Verdigris mushrooms have a greenish colour which looks much more like the copper patina than the surface of any healthy living thing. The greenish colour fades or gets washed away as the fungus gets older.

Lichens growing on a pondside stone. In close-up looking like a miniature exotic jungle.

Ripening rose hips – in this variety they looked almost spherical