On a recent visit to Bridgnorth, the level of the Severn was quite low. Only a small current was flowing between the Bylet and the left bank. Where this side stream re-joined the main current, the water was clear enough to spot a school of chub feeding.
Growing by the side of Castle Walk, Bridgnorth, a cotton thistle with flowers.
Goslings, some a lot more well grown than others on the day of my visit, by the Severn at Bridgnorth. Their parents part of the resident flock, a mixture of greylag and feral geese.
Possibly a garden escapee, this flowering viper’s bugloss was growing on the pavement of a residential street.
A young coot, by now almost as big as its parents, stands on the end of a fallen log in West Park lake. Occasionally it takes a few pecks at preening its feathers.
One of those urban weeds which I just vaguely noticed but never really paid attention to. Then I got an ID on these pictures. It’s wall lettuce, and does indeed seem happiest right up against walls, on pavements all over the place.
I took these pictures looking directly down at the plant. The very long, thin stems were bowed down, perhaps by the weight of the tiny flowers.