Sea views from the north Devon coast. Pictures taken from Ilfracombe, Morte Point and Lee. The contorted slates make this a coastline with repeated headlands with sharp hard rocks offshore.
Alert pied wagtail, Exeter
Watchful pied wagtail which has its territory at the junction of the River Exe and the Exeter Canal at Exeter. A pair of pied wagtails have a territory pretty much directly opposite on the other bank of the river.
River Severn and High Rock, Bridgnorth, misty winter morning
View looking upstream along the Severn from Castle Walk, Bridgnorth towards the impressive cliff of High Rock.
Goldfinches seen from Castle Walk, Bridgnorth
Goldfinches spotted high in trees by the Castle Walk footpath in Bridgnorth. The birds in the alder were on the side overlooking the river, the others on the side overlooking the Severn Valley Railway station.
Oyster fungus in a front garden
Oyster fungus: now on sale in a supermarket near you, but also a common mushroom which can be found growing wild at any time of the year.
Grows on wood – it’s a common cause of white rot. So ist’s often found growing in clusters on tree stumps or, as is likely with these I noticed growing in a front garden, on dead wood hidden underground or by vegetation.
Heads down (teal)
Teal, the smallest British duck, keeping its head under the water as it was busy feeding. This one was on a pond by the Tarka Trail in north Devon last month.