Category: David

Close view of a few of the flowers on one of the bushes in the blackthorn hedge on the side of the Barley Field, when the blossoms were at their height.

Doves (and a possible dove/pigeon cross) on a resting stage half way up one of the piers of the bridge across the Severn at Low Town, Bridgnorth.

The distinctive appearance of wild arum means they have attracted a long list of vernacular names: Wikipedia lists snakeshead, adder’s root, arum, arum lily, lords-and-ladies, devils and angels, cows and bulls, cuckoo-pint, Adam and Eve, bobbins, naked boys, starch-root, wake robin, friar’s cowl and jack in the pulpit.

Look out for them at the bottom of hedgerows, or the edge of woods. The flowers should now have opened more than the ones shown here.

One of several spiders which seemed to be basking in the sun’s rays on the planks of the footbridge in the wetland area of Compton Park.

The all seemed to be staying still, except when they shot off at high speed when someone was getting too close to them.

Horsetails, primitive flowerless plants. These were taller than normal, growing on the slope of a cutting on the Shropshire Union canal.

Muscovy duck and her brood of ducklings a few days later than previously pictured here. The drake was round a corner of the barn.