Brightening up grey and dismal winter days, and a sign that spring should not be too far away, crocusses and snowdrops in flower. These were in the Castle Grounds Park, Bridgnorth.
Canal and Stafford Road railway viaduct, misty morning
Railway viaduct passing high over the canal near the Stafford Road, all outlines softened in a winter’s morning mist.
Heron, Shrewsbury, taking off
The heron of the previous post, rising to fly a short distance upsteam along the Severn.
Heron, Shrewsbury, river bank
Heron on the bank of the Severn just downstream of the English Bridge, Shrewsbury. A party of mallards are swimming by.
Golden bough, with white and green
The yellowish tinge of the new growth, the origin of the poetic description of mistletoe as the golden bough, with the old stems and leaves which stay green through the winter, and the ghostly white of the berries.
Female mallard, preening perch, Stratford
Female mallard on a buoy at the entrance to the canal basin at Stratford on Avon, spending a long time preening in a secure spot.