Category: David

Not particularly closely related to the lesser celandine, nor, to my eye, resembling it very closely other than in the colour of the flower.

The flower buds look hairy.

Ducklings on the river Severn at Bridgnorth.

The mother duck is already struggling to cover them all. After a few further days growth this would have become impossible.

A plant originally introduced for gardens, which thrives in the wild.

This heron was fishing at the upstream end of Wightwick lock on the Staffs and Worcs canal.

Below it considers flying off because of my presence, before settling down again.

This distinctive spring mushroom is uncommon.

The one pictured here was growing in a municipal flowerbed by the Severn – hence the gravel cover.

This bunch of mistletoe, growing on a mountain ash by the river Severn below Bridgnorth, was in flower recently.