Category: David

Ok, a duck diving not the same as a diving duck. Drake mallard diving near the edge of the Severn at Bridgnorth.

The rims of the caps of these mushrooms have the characteristic tooted shape which marks them as russulas. Taken about a week apart in the same place, so these might be the same species.

Abstract picture with limited colour range and complex textures. Close-up of the back of a young swan on the lake at West Park. The dull brown juvenile feathers beginning to be replaced by adult white.

Mound of earth by the entrance to a badger sett which is still being actively extended. A group of mushrooms growing on the peak of the evacuated sandy soil had been part covered when the badgers had thown out yet more debris.

The main lake in the Nature Reserve at Pendeford Mill on a misty morning recently.

Heron standing thigh-deep in the canal near Aldersley Junction on a misty morning recently. Every minute or so it pounced, came up with a small fish, and ate it.