One of the West Park coots, with its disconcerting red eyes, came right up to my feet and was perhaps hoping for some bread.
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Gulls on flooded playing fields
A view from across the river of black-headed gulls taking advantage of the deserted playing fields of Severnside Park, Bridgnorth. The picture was taken in the middle of last month: the park was closed when the swollen river had flooded over and beyond the riverside footpaths.
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Hamamelis flowering
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West Park has been planted to ensure that there is something flowering at almost any time of the year. In February it has been the hamamelis bushes – a species originally from America.
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Turner’s Field pond
Small pool at the top of one of the fields between the Railway Walk and the canal in the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve.
Recent clearance has opened up the path which climbs to the pond, previously pictured here.
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Robin on elder branch
Robins may be small, but they defend their territories aggressively most of the year.But at this time of year they get even more assertive in proclaiming their patch as the breeding season approaches.
This robin was on a branch of an elder bush hanging over the Finchfield Brook by the footpath off Coppice Road.
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Twisty fungus
A peculiarly-shaped fungus which was just poking above the short grass under one of the conifers in West Park.
