One of the lambs in the field between the main road and the Stratford brook at Wkyen must have gone exploring, had got itself on the wrong side of the fence separating the field from the brook, and couldn’t work out how to get back.
As I paused to look at it, it ran towards me, leading it, fortunately, to the gap in the fence.
Lords and ladies, otherwise known as wild arum, and under a long list of other names. Grows in shady places: woodland and occasionally under hedgerows.
The ones here seen at various stages in the opening of the flowers.
A young frog, or at least a small frog, pausing as it crossed bare ground.
There are mature hornbeams among the trees in several of Wolverhampton’s parks. These catkins were on a tree in Bantock Park
Female blackbird on short grass in Bantock Park, hunting for things to eat. Possibly trying to build up her fat reserves in preparation for sitting on the nest.
As nature gets more eventful with the setting in of spring, the time lag between pictures being taken and being posted here tends to go up every year.
The peak time for marsh marigold flowering was the middle of April, which was when these shots were taken. They are from the edges of the ponds in Bantock Park, Old Nursery Wood and Compton Park.