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This peahen is part of the stock at Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve. The plumage looks like it would be a hindrance in the wild, though less so than the gaudier males.

One of the primroses by the Smestow Valley Ranger Station after heavy overnight rain had bounced some bits of soil onto the flowers.

Soay sheep ram (first 2 pictures), part of the livestock at the Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve.

Castlemilk moorit ram, also at Pendeford Mill.

Ewes from both breeds are kept in another field across the road. They were pictured here.

This East Park squirrel has found a fat ball someone put out for birds, bitten through the string holding it up, then carried the ball in its mesh bag across the road and high into a tree, where it has begun to make a meal of it.

Heron guarding its nest high in a tree at the Pendeford Mill heronry.

Probably the same bird featured in the previous post. This time the pictures were taken from the far side of the pool.

One of the birds from the heronry at Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve standing sentry duty by its nest, which probably holds a chick. As I stood directly under the tree, the nest looked huge.