Category: David

Sheep grazing contentedly under an ancient oak, in a field by the River Exe, in happy ignorance that the Beast from the East was to arrive the next day.

Black-headed gulls lining up on the railing of the boating lake at West Park. Late February, and some of the birds were beginning to change into breeding plumage.

Deciduous conifer, by the West Park boating lake, standing tall bare of leaves for the winter.

One of the tufted ducks on the boating lake at West Park, the surface of the water distorting its reflections Hall of Mirrors style.

Small cones, tiny cones. These were growing on two adjacent conifers by the bandstand in West Park.

Shoveller pair, and on another visit to West Park a larger group, feeding as they swam in tight circles with their beaks just below the surface of the water.