A couple of days after the peak water level following Storm Dennis, so the riverside footpaths at Bridgnorth all closed.
No signs of the usual gang of waterfowl which hangs around by the Bylet waiting to be fed. The only birds there were the goosander pair which seem to becoming resident. Not sure how they could see to locate prey in the turbid water, but they seemed to be thriving.
Patch of purple crocus by the side of the Victorian Conservatory at West Park.
Distant view of what is probably an immature common gull on the lake at West Park, swimming well away from the other birds.
Once again this winter, my visit to somewhere affected by the floods was a couple of days after the water levels had begun to fall back. Here Penkridge, with the Penk still spreading beyond its banks, and pools of water spreading across fields and minor roads.
A muddy puddle in the duck pen at Northycote Farm, with some of the ducks wading in it. Sipping from it as they did so, though there was clean drinking water nearby.
Ram, a Jacob’s sheep with a particoloured fleece, nibbling grass at Northycote Farm.