Category: David

Meadow pipit which was spending time on the pavement near a litter bin, searching the ground for things to eat.

Some of the West Park flock of black-headed gulls, when the lake was frozen early this month.

One of the cormorants from the group featured in yesterday’s post, now swimming in the water of the River Exe.

Close-ups of rocks on the north Devon coast: slates which were more or less heavily contorted by earth movements later than their formation. One picture is of rock by the footpath round Capstone Hill, Ilfracome. The other is looking into a shallow rock pool on the beech at nearby Lee.

Cormorants resting on the protective barrier above a weir on the River Exe at Exeter. The white marks left behind by their toilet activity shows how often they use the barrier as a perch.

Sea anemone, a predatory animal despite the name, temporarily exposed to the open air on the same intertidal zone as the limpets and whelks in yesterday’s post. The tentacles which are used to capture prey, which give the creature a plant-like appearance, are retracted while it is out of water.