Category: David

Two sorts of lichens growing on one of the brick walls of the Dutch garden at Bantock House. The dominant type is mustard yellow coloured, which seems to be growing over the other, which is a pale green.

Head and shoulders portraits of one of a couple of young swans which have been on the lake at West Park recently. They seem to be more or less full sized, but don’t yet have the all-white plumage of adults.

The hefty bough of a tree overhanging a small pond.

Pictured is the gently distorted reflection of the tree in Turner’s Field pond on one of the rare mornings we have had this winter with a gentle breeze and a blue sky.

One of the West Park coots, with its disconcerting red eyes, came right up to my feet and was perhaps hoping for some bread.

A view from across the river of black-headed gulls taking advantage of the deserted playing fields of Severnside Park, Bridgnorth. The picture was taken in the middle of last month: the park was closed when the swollen river had flooded over and beyond the riverside footpaths.

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West Park has been planted to ensure that there is something flowering at almost any time of the year. In February it has been the hamamelis bushes – a species originally from America.