Spiders’ webs outlined with droplets of dew on a cool sunny winter morning. These were by the footpath along the River Exe at Exeter last month.
Parakeet in boating lake island tree, West Park, 2015
Another set of pictures not posted at the time. One of the local ring-necked parakeets high in a tree on the island in West Park’s boating late, back in January 2015.
The bird was one of a pair which were investigating an existing nest hole in the tree with a view to taking it over.
Shortly after these pictures were taken, the tree blew over in one of that winter’s gales. The parakeets moved on, and were perhaps one of the pair which found nest sites in the Smestow Valley / Tettenhall ridge area.
Meadow pipit on a pavement
Meadow pipit which was spending time on the pavement near a litter bin, searching the ground for things to eat.
Gulls on ice
Some of the West Park flock of black-headed gulls, when the lake was frozen early this month.
Cormorant off a well-used perch
One of the cormorants from the group featured in yesterday’s post, now swimming in the water of the River Exe.
Strata: slates on the north Devon coast
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.
