Category: David

Grey wagtail on a branch overlooking the River Severn just downstream from Bridgnorth

Bees emerging from a recess high up in the surviving wall of Bridgnorth Castle. They have chosen what should be a safe place as their home.

Magpie by its nest at the side of the Birmingham Canal. Any intruder would have to pass through a thorny maze to approach the nest.

One of the otters in the River Severn near Bridgnorth had recently been marking its territory with spraint. The remnants of fish bones are visible.

A companion bird was bringing this coot pieces of vegetation. It seemed rather sceptical about their value as nest-building material.

Wallflower growing, conveniently at eye level, from the wall of the castle ruins at Bridgnorth.