Wolves Wild

The posts for the warning signs on West Park lake are a favoured vantage point for some of the gulls. These were a juvenile lesser black backed and a black headed gull just coming into breeding plumage.

I don’t know what tricks that plant breeders have used, but many front gardens these days have clumps of heathers flowering in the coldest winter months, with flowers which are white or a range of shades of purple.

Walking round West Park lake to see if there was any sign of where the cormorant had landed (see yesterday’s post). There wasn’t. Instead, a parakeet which had been perched in a willow by the side of the water spotted me before I noticed it, and immediately flew off to where there was more cover.

You may need to look carefully to spot the bird as a small patch of brighter green contrasting with the tree leaves.

Furry catkins on a pussy willow directly by the edge of the water in West Park. See the post immediately above for what drew my attention to the willow.

As I was taking pictures of the West Park cormorant diving after fish, someone came walking along the lakeside footpath. The bird immediately took off and flew away, disappearing behind the island.

This whirlpool in the Severn at Atcham was directly downstream of the old and new road bridges. It kept forming, disappearing, then forming again.