Pied wagtails by English Bridge, Shrewsbury. Shortly after I started taking pictures of one hunting insects on the bank of the Severn, a small group gathered on the parapet of the bridge. They seemed to be engaging in a coordinated “dance”. Could this have been a courtship ritual (very late in May)?
A woodland glade, with rather late-flowering bluebells. The slight bank to the right is Offa’s Dyke, not very prominent in this section s mile or so east of Montgomery (Trefaldwyn).
It nevertheless marks the border, not just between Powys and Shropshire, but also between Wales and England.
Swan with young cygnets, on the river back right by the Severnside footpath, just yards from English Bridge in Shrewsbury. Everyone, as they walked past, whipped out their mobile phones for a picture. The birds seemed unconcerned.
The cob (male adult) was just out of shot, swimming on the river. It was keeping careful watch, but didn’t seem concerned either.
Jacob’s ladder flowering, growing alongside the path made from the course of the old Shrewsbury Canal, at Uffington just outside the town. The plant does grow wild in this country, but only in a very few spots. These were more likely to be garden escapes.
An easing of lockdown, in England and Wales, so spent a few days either side of the border in the Marches. In Montgomery (Trefaldwyn), good views of red kites circling as they rose through the sky on thermals – some of thes pictures taken from among the ruins of Montgomery Castle.
Lords and ladies (wild arum) flowering by the side of the bridle path along the line of the former Shrewsbury Canal at Uffington near Shrewsbury.
