Male house sparrow, resident somewhere near the footpath along the River Severn heading downstream from Bridgnorth. First he landed on the raised earth of a molehill. Then seemed to decide that wasn’t high enough as a vantage point, and moved to perch on the back of a nearby park bench.
Reddish “wings” on the sycamore-like seeds of a maple. As the seeds ripen, the dessicating wings will turn a pale brown.
Coot chicks on their nest on Sutton Park’s Keepers Pool, one stretching its wings. The adult bird, presumably brooding eggs, was on a nest in front of the hide at Sandwell Country Park.
Rabbits on short grass in the middle of one of the fields at Northycote Farm, basking in the morning sun while keeping a wary eye out for danger.
Heartsease, the wild ancestor of pansies. These were growing on a patch of rough ground in Compton Park, but in such close association with a large number of other species of “wildflower” that the seeds may have come from a packet.
Male dragonfly, a broad bodied chaser, patrolling his territory, a pool in a marshy area of Baggeridge Country Park.
