Category: David

Goosander drake on the gravel beach on the upstream tip of the Bylet at Bridgnorth, busy preening its breast feathers.

Coral fungus growing in one of the beds of Castle Grounds Park, Bridgnorth. This is the third lot of this fungus I’ve noticed at different  times in the park. Each time it’s been in a different bed. Each time it’s been darker than the time before.

A dunnock standing on what is obviously a regular lookout post surveying its territory within the Castle Grounds at Bridgnorth.

Winter’s end is in sight when the crocusses flower. I got up close to picture this clump.

The highest spot on the leaning ruined wall of Bridgnorth Castle is a favourite lookout post for carrion crows.

Cramp balls are a common fungus which grow on dead or dying wood. One of several fungus species supported by a large stump, uprooted in gales several winters ago and left to rot by the edge of the Bantock Park Pitch and Putt course. The last picture in the set also features a horses hoof fungus.