Category: David

Tip of a young fern, its leaves beginning to spread. Threads of spider silk were catching the sunlight.

Buzzard rising on a thermal on its first flight of the day at Pendeford Mill.

Starling prospecting the recently-mown grass by a pedestrian crossing for food.

Possibly a Welsh poppy, which often (as here) grows self-sown in gardens.

A pair of herons on the tree with their nest during Pendeford Mill’s open day. The birds were probably caring for what were then young chicks.

Chestnut trees with red flowers are less common than those with the paler form. The row of trees behind the number 3 bus terminal at Castlecroft alternates the two types.