Young swan, a bit big to be called a cygnet, twisting its flexible neck for an awkward spot of preening, and, with its parents, heading towards me in the hope of bread.
the family territory is on the canal between Castlecroft and Wightwick. The young bird is the sole survivor of a brood of three.
Seed cases (and a few remaining flowers) from campions growing by a canal towpath.
A mass of thistledown which was soaked by rain before it was ripe enough to be blown away, and then dried into one matted clump.
Close-up of a Canada goose managing to preen the feathers directly under one wing, thanks to its ability to bend its neck.
Jay in one of the trees in Bantock Park, carefully keeping its back pointed to me as it noisily ate something it had just found.
View across the Compton Park pond with its footbridge as thick clouds were heading across the trees of Tettenhall ridge in the background.