This heron, whose pictures were taken within minutes of the one featured a few days ago, was standing calmly in a patch of reeds a couple of hundred yards further downstream on the canal that the other.
It gave no sign of wanting to take flight to avoid the disturbance on the other bank.
A cross goose looks like it is drinking a lot of water as it swims on the partially frozen lake in West Park, Wolverhampton.
These ivy and woody nightshade berries have become intertwined, looking like the result of a weird genetic modification.
Video of geese, moorhens, coots and a mallard on the rapidly freezing lake in West Park yesterday.
The new catkins (top), seeds (middle picture) and turning leaves were all pictured on the same tree on the same day.
The conifers by Compton lock on the Staffs and Worcs canal are a favourite vantage point for a heron.
This one’s feathers were catching in the wind, showing the plumes which were so attractive to Victorian milliners and their customers.
Finally it had had enough attention.
