Category: David

Male house sparrow which had just flown up to land on the grating of an outhouse. A female bird soon emerged from a gap in the grating, with subsequent pair bonding.

Catkins on one of the twigs of a pussy willow bush: the male catkins with yellow tips of the pollen to be released into the wind. Also beginning to open, the buds of the leaves.

Flock of godwits, mainly and prehaps entirely the black-tailed species, flying around over the RSPB reserve at Bowling Green Marsh. They had been disturbed by two or three carrion crows which can been seen mixing with their number in some of the pictures.

Meanwhile, other birds including shelducks and redshanks remained unfazed on the islet the godwits had been using.

Seaweed at the bottom of a rock pool when the tide was out: taken from the edge of the causeway leading to St Michael’s Mount.

The intricate synchronised dance of a swan courtship display on the Exe at the Exeter Quays. As far as I could tell, the swans were actually mating when I noticed them (first picture), and then performed (repeated?) the courtship routine.

Distant views of cliff formations on the shore of Torbay: Saddle Rock and London Bridge (presumably because it looks like it is falling down).