Category: David

Two herons on the q.v. One was in the reeds by the River Clyst, the other just off the Quay in the centre of Topsham.

Snowdrops and crocuses flowering together by the street wall of Solihull church.

Pair of greenfinches on one of the feeders outside the RSPB hide at Bowling Green Reserve, Topsham.

Watercress cultivation requires running water. This small pool has been created on a constructed side-arm of the Claverley Brook at Lower Hopstone.

Turnstones use their long but strong beaks to move small stones, especially in the intertidal zone. Then they probe the exposed mud or sand for things to eat.

These birds were active directly below the Goat Walk at Topsham.

Scarlet elf cups growing on a pile of fallen twigs by the Railway Walk at Newbridge. This is the third winter for this fungus here. This time round the cups are fewer and smaller.