Category: David

Many of this year’s sloes seem to be developing with disfigured skin. These are an example, as are ones seen earlier on the same set of bushes.

The lone cygnet raised by the swan pair on West Park pool, now big enough to be independent. The shots with the somewhat smaller bird and the pen (female adult) were taken exactly one month before, when the parents were still very protective.

Earlier the parents had been even more protective.

The cygnet is now swimming alone or with the Canada geese, and there are no signs of the adult birds.

Heron which had decided there were too many people around the canal near Wighwick.

Berries on a buckthorn bush which was growing on a patch of rough ground by one of the roads on Wolverhampton Science Park.

Arrowhead leaf is a perrenial plant which grows in shallow waters, including in canals locally. It was originally native to north and central America.

Either I am noticing it more often, or it is spreading in the canals.

Hoverfly which was facing me as it rested on a nettle leaf.