Wolves Wild

Female (above) and male (below) mallards on the canal near Compton. The pair swam towards me, probably hoping to be fed.

Snake’s head fritillaries growing in a patch of unmown ground at the edge of a lawn at Wightwick Manor.

The colour is often described as purple – top my eyes it is as much reddish.

Flowers artfully planted as if growing wild in Wightwick Manor gardens in today’s posts. This is a forget-me-not.

Pink as well as yellow primroses on the edge of the wood at Wightwick Manor garden.

Groundsel flowers – early morning, before they had opened properly, apart from the one well on the way to ripeness.

A tortoiseshell butterfly feeding on one of the dandelions growing on the edge of a lawn in the garden at Wightwick Manor.