The lone female muscovy duck by the lake at West Park. The morning light was bringing out the green irridescence of the feathers on her back. The feathers are black in flatter lighting.
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Violets, Himley Hall
Violet flowers, one little patch of the plants on the edge of a small piece of woodland in the park at Himley Hall.
Song thrushes are normally timid. But this bird’s territory includes the some of the busiest parts of Northycote Farm, and it may have realised it was separated from me by a fence, so it didn’t seem concerned.
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Grey wagtail on flotsam island
Trees and other flotsam brought down the river by continuing high waters have been accumulating trapped on one of the piers of Bridgnorth bridge, forming a small temporary island.
It gave a suitable perch for this grey wagtail to watch the river, safe from human disturbance.
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Castle wallflowers, Bridgnorth
Wallflowers living up to their name on the rugged remains of the castle at Bridgnorth.
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Northycote Feeder, March 2016
A busy morning at the Northycote Farm bird feeding station recently: four species of titmice and a nuthatch. All pictures taken within a space of ten minutes.