Red and yellow

Red and yellow

A mass of poppies growing in the next field to a crop of oilseed rape near Wombourne recently.

The only view I could get was from across the busy A449, so I couldn’t manage a composition which avoided the intrusive telegraph pole and line.

Cherries ripening

Cherries ripening

Cherries starting to ripen. Wood pigeons ate the lot before they were completely ripe.

Carrion crow in long grass

Carrion crow in long grass

Carrion crow searching in the grass by the towpath near Wightwick, searching for dropped bread which had been intended for the ducks.

Young swallow, Lower Penn

Young swallow

Young swallow, one of a small group perched on telegraph wires outside Lower Penn, socialising together.

Young swallow

Mouth open to vocalise …

Young swallow

and grooming.