Categories DavidParrot Post author By David Post date 12 May 2010 1 Comment on Parrot A parrot flying up and down the river Severn at Bridgnorth: here perching on a horse chestnut and eating some of the young buds.It must be an escape, but apparently it has been flying wild for some months now.
Categories DavidHorsetail Post author By David Post date 11 May 2010 A real plant from the dawn of time.
Categories DavidLesser black backed gull Post author By David Post date 10 May 2010 This gull on a small beach by the river Severn at Bridgnorth was hoping to profit from the bread thrown to the ducks and geese in the same area.
Categories DavidGreater celandine Post author By David Post date 9 May 2010 Not particularly closely related to the lesser celandine, nor, to my eye, resembling it very closely other than in the colour of the flower.The flower buds look hairy.
Categories DavidDucklings Post author By David Post date 8 May 2010 Ducklings on the river Severn at Bridgnorth.The mother duck is already struggling to cover them all. After a few further days growth this would have become impossible.
Categories DavidPeriwinkle Post author By David Post date 7 May 2010 A plant originally introduced for gardens, which thrives in the wild.
Categories DavidHeron fishing Post author By David Post date 6 May 2010 This heron was fishing at the upstream end of Wightwick lock on the Staffs and Worcs canal.Below it considers flying off because of my presence, before settling down again.
Categories DavidMorel Post author By David Post date 5 May 2010 1 Comment on Morel This distinctive spring mushroom is uncommon.The one pictured here was growing in a municipal flowerbed by the Severn – hence the gravel cover.
Categories DavidMistletoe flowering Post author By David Post date 4 May 2010 This bunch of mistletoe, growing on a mountain ash by the river Severn below Bridgnorth, was in flower recently.
Categories DavidWild garlic Post author By David Post date 3 May 2010 This ramson or wild garlic was almost beginning to flower. Once the flowers do come out, the smell is an indication of the relationship to the cultivated culinary plant.
Categories DavidGoslings Post author By David Post date 2 May 2010 Goslings by the Severn at Bridgnorth. The goose-stepping mother leads a chick.The goslings swim in a shallow side stream.Watching over the feeding goslings.The mother needs to eat too.
Categories DavidSloe blossom Post author By David Post date 2 May 2010 Flowers on a sloe bush a few days ago.On the next bush the buds had not yet opened.