Category: David

This blackbird was waiting until there was no-one around before it went after bread left for the ducks by Badger pool.

This old-looking bracket fungus was one of several growing on a tree stump in Baggeridge Park recently.

May, but well out before the start of that month.

Buds before they opened.

Last year’s seeds with their downy surround were still on this plant early in April. The new leaves were coming out further down the branches.

This year’s growth of stalk and leaf from a cow parsley.

Canalside rushes flowering. The blur in the artier picture above is from the movement of the plant in the gusty wind. The other shot was of a more sheltered plant just yards further along the bank.