David

The canal (foreground), the river (behind, with boat) and the reed bed on the bank between them. That bank also has a path.

The Exeter canal has a path the entire length of both banks – originally so that boats being towed in opposite directions could pass each other quickly and easily.

Taken from the Quay at Topsham.

The strong colours of the male contrasting with the less spectacular female, as often with bird species.

Lying on the beach on the bay near the hide at Dawlish Warren.

This lapwing is showing a green which is one of the colours of the rainbow in the iridescence on its wing.

Probably a male fox at the far side of a field. Going by the din just previously, there had been two foxes, mating,

A clump of seaweed on the shoreline.

Avocets and a godwit are reflected in the mud as they feed on the invertebrates they find in the mud of the Exe estuary.

This weather vane right by the Exe at Topsham portrays an avocet.

These ice crystals had formed at the high tide mark on the estuary of the river Exe during the recent cold spell.