Categories DavidCoot zooming off Post author By David Post date 30 April 2026 One of the many coots on West Park lake, rushing to get somewhere else on the water for no discernible reason.
Categories DavidTreading daisies: moorhen Post author By David Post date 29 April 2026 One of the West Park moorhens seemed intent on trampling down a patch of daisies as it searched for food.
Categories DavidSpring foliage: copper beeches Post author By David Post date 28 April 2026 Copper beeches coming into leaf. From the numbers of mature trees scattered around the city, they were highly fashionable early last century, perhaps even late in the century before.
Categories DavidEarly spring flowers: lesser stitchwort Post author By David Post date 27 April 2026 Lesser stitchwort, flowering from early spring and through the summer. Once believed to help wounds heal faster.
Categories DavidEarly spring flowers: cow parsley Post author By David Post date 26 April 2026 Cow parsley, an early flowering and delicate umbellifer. Also called Queen Anne’s lace.
Categories DavidDandelion overhanging canal Post author By David Post date 25 April 2026 One stalk of a dandelion which had already shed its seeds was standing proud over the water of the canal.