Probably among the last of the year’s bluebells, growing in a shady spot by the Railway Walk.
Fluffy goslings, Bylet beach
The goslings on the Severn at Bridgnorth, still in their cute and fluffy phase. They were resting on the shingle beach opposite the Bylet.
Wisteria flowering, Stratford and Shottery
There’s lots of wisterias in and around Stratford on Avon: these pictures were taken in late April, at the peak of the flowering season.
They only cover a small sample of the ones we saw on a brief visit. Sites represented include the garden of New Place and a house in Old Town.
But the most impressive was from the first property in Shottery to come into sight when taking the footpath from Stratford. The house’s garden wall is perhaps ten feet tall and fifty yards long on the two visible sides. This entire wall was covered with innumerable wisteria flowers, Very impressive!
Questing magpie by the Severn
A magpie probes in the grass by the Seveern at Bridgnorth, seemilngly undisturbed that I was sitting on a bench nearby.
Early spring flowers: black tulips
“Black” tulips (actually a deep purple) in the garden of New Place, Stratford on Avon.
Wagtail in an orchard
A wagtail stalks through the long grass under the apple and pear trees of the orchard behind Anne Hathaway’s cottage near Stratford on Avon.
