Wolves Wild

The boating lake at West Park looking mysterious in early morning mist recently.

Despite the hour the Canada geese were still hoping to be fed.

More lambs I noticed on the same walk when I took the pictures in the previous post. These were all alert and watching that I wasn’t a threat to them.

Turning round to check me out.

Watching as it walked past.

Lying comfortable but watchful.

I went for a walk in the Worfe valley downstream of Worfield, looking for bluebells in the woods in that area. The walk led me through or past several fields with young lambs.

These two pairs were in a field at Rindleford, asleep, each using another one as a pillow.

I found bluebells too: some feature in this selection.

Two tulips at the point where they were first beginning to open.

The first was growing wild by the canal at Newbridge, the second in one of the flower beds at Bantock Park.

Cramp balls are distintive-looking and fairly common fungi, so they have several different vernacular names, such as King Alfred’s cake or coal fungus.

They often grow in groups on an infected tree. I could only see one here – it’s on the bough between the two main trunks in the second picture (click to enlarge).

Yellow archangel is a bright flower in the spring. Found fairly often locally, usually in hedgerows (or that’s where I notice them).