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The Crow, Stratford Basin

The Crow, Stratford Basin

Narrowboat “The Crow”, moored at Stratford Basin recently, its roof decorated with a plastic crow. Seems to be a popular form of ornamentation on the canals. Earlier in the year I spied another boat, a similar crow on its tiller, as it descended Wightwick Lock.

The Crow, Stratford Basin

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Starling roost on weathercock

Starling roost on weathercock

Starlings assembled to roost on the weathercock and ornate stonework of the Guild Chapel in Stratford on Avon.

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Duck or goose?

Duck or goose?

Ancient sculpture of a bird, either a duck or a goose. A star exhibit at the Musee d’Histoire de Marseille.

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A change for Christmas – metalwork, Bridgnorth

Beware of the ... cat?

Cat looking like it’s ready to spring, a house sign in Low Town, Bridgnorth. The rusty pigeon on a fence was the opposite side of the river in Undercliff.

Sitting on the fence

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Scarab beetle (graffiti)

Scarab beetle (graffiti)

Brickwork along the South Staffordshire section of the Railway Walk has a growing selection of professional-looking grafitti, including several pictures of wildlife. This scarab-type beetle is one of the more recent additions.

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Lamb clasping wolf, Chipping Norton church

Lamb clasping wolf, Chipping Norton church

Lamb clasping a wolf, on of the roof bosses in the porch to St Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton.