The end of the cold spell in mid-December. The melting ice on West Park lake left areas still solid just under the surface.
Some of the mixed flock of black-headed gulls and lesser black backed gulls standing in this area looked like they were standing up on the surface of the water.
One common gull was there too – can you spot it in the first picture?
I took a lot of pictures of the butterflies at the Stratford Butterfly Farm on my recent visit. Here the last big batch.
The adult ring-necked parakeet resting, still in the middle of dense vegetation at the Stratford Butterfly Farm, after feeding a young bird.
A third batch of the butterflies flying around in the hot, humid atmosphere at the Stratford Butterfly Farm.
A selection of the insects which get their own vivariums at the Stratford Butterfly Farm. Look out for the stick insect or the praying mantis.
A second batch of pictures of the colourful tropical butterflies at the Stratford on Avon Butterfly Farm. The first one had recently emerged, and was still pumping up its wings.