David

A cluster of oak apples. The hole the insect emerged from can be seen in the nearest one.

A gorse bush on the far bank of the Staffs & Worcs canal.

The locks at the Bratch (above) with the small octagonal building originally built as a toll-house. The more distant building is a lock-keeper’s cottage, still used for that purpose.

Below, a narrowboat approaches the algae-lined Ebstree Lock.

Seen in the middle of February. Both plants had short stems with the flower close to the ground

This cluster of snowdrops grows every year at the opposite side of the bridge to the violets which featured in yesterday’s post.

The long flowering season for Oxford ragwort used to run from April to December.

This one was in full bloom in the middle of February.