Category: David

Gadwall drake on the (smaller) Anglers Pool at Perton recently, busily feeding on or near the surface. Another gadwall, possibly its mate, was too far out on the water for me to get a clear view of it

Looking rather furtive, a West Park squirrel excavating a morsel it had previously hidden.

Two herons in neighbouring positions on the shore of West Park boating lake island, pictured here before the very cold spell a the end of January / early this month. The more clearly visible bird is a mature adult. The other, half hidden behind dangling catkins, a juvenile.

Verdant moss growing on a garden wall, with sporophytes rising above the cusion of leaves to disperse the spores on the breeze.

Flower buds just about to open, purple and yellow crocuses in Bantock Park.

Hard weather at the end of last month.West Park boating lake frozen, with just a narrow strip of open water remaining. The resident gulls gathering together into one mixed flock. When someone braved the cold to come to give the birds bread, they were up in the air and swooping before any of the waterfowl even noticed.