David

Arapawa goats, one of the world’s rarest of rare breeds, at Mary Arden’s Farm. Things seem to be arranged that there in a new kid every year, confident that its role in life is to lie in the sun looking cute.

Coot’s nest with two chicks: seen on two consecutive days. The first day, only one chick visible. The other might not have hatched yet, might be hidden under the parent bird. Next day two sets of red on the faces of two chicks can be seen, most clearly in the final picture.

Wisteria when it was just starting to flower over the Easter weekend, on the front of the Mermaid Inn, Wightwick.

Duckling, one of the five on the canal at Compton, just resurfaced after diving underwater, with drops still on the down of its back.

Of all the traditional breeds livestock on Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote, the mangalitza pigs look most like they belong several centuries ago. On a recent visit to the farm, they were the only pig species on show. The ones pictured here were in three different enclosures, one behind the farm and two in the woodland, Coming soon, those which were in two different sties.

Jackdaw on Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote, turning over sheep droppings searching for things to eat. As far as I could see, the bird wasn’t actually after the droppings themselves, but invertebrates which might be revealed by moving them.