Category: David

Drooping leaves from a bramble (blackberry) plant, covered in frost which was just beginning to melt in the morning sunlight earlier this week.

A group of pigeons bathing at a shallow spot on the banks of the River Exe by the Quays at Exeter. The birds were taking turns to get in the water, spreading their feathers to get wetter.

The bright sun yesterday morning raising mist from the canal at Compton, while frost covered most of the vegetation. Three anglers fishing from the towpath were apparently getting plenty of bites.

Medlars on their trees growing in the gardens of properties of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford on Avon: Hall’s Croft and Shakespeare’s birthplace. The fruit gets a (less than enthusiastic) mention in five of his plays.

A pair of pied wagtails by the lock connecting the Stratford Canal to the River Avon. There usually seems to be one or two birds to be seen somewhere close to the canal basin there.

Figs ripening on a tree in the garden at the Shakespeare birthplace in the middle of Stratford on Avon last month.