Wolves Wild

The reddish tinge to this year’s leaves opening on the end of the twigs on an oak tree are from growth hormone. The yellowy-green catkins, the male flowers, dangle from the same twigs.

The sandstone rocks of parts of south Shropshire were formed when the area was in the middle of hot sandy deserts for millions of years. The different layers which built up as dunes accumulated on top of dunes show up clearlt where the rock has been cut back to make way for roads and houses, as in these rock faces at Worfield.

Clinging on as they grow through a gap under the edge of a garden wall in Worfield, violets in flower.

One of the West Park squirrels rushing towards me in the mistaken belief that I was bout to add to the peanuts others had previously given it.

Flowers on one of the cherry trees in West Park a few weeks ago.

A smaller group of tufted ducks are still hanging round on the water at West Park when most of the over-wintering birds have dispersed elsewhere. One morning recently, they were swimming nearer the shore than usual.