The River Exe directly below the church at Topsham. When the tide is out, as it was here, a wide stretch of very soft and squelchy looking mud is exposed. A pair of teal, wading through the mud, prospecting for things to eat.
Yellow mushrooms by side of Devon lane
Yellow mushrooms growing by the side of a south Devon lane last month. They were probably yellow fieldcaps (Bolbitius titubans).
Bird in the bush (dunnock)
Confident enough to be singing, this dunnock was near enough I could have stretched out to touch if – if the bush hadn’t been in the way.
Reedmace, River Exe, Exeter
Reedmace, a.k.a. bulrushes, by the River Exe just downstream from Exeter Quays.
Bold black-headed gull
Black-headed gull, already in breeding plumage in mid-February, boldly standing on the quayside by the River Exe at Topsham.
Views of a reed bed
A couple of shots at one of the many reed beds in the Exe estuary area. One stalk was standing taller than its fellows, stark against a threatening sky. Looking just a little lower down, the bed formed one mass.
