White duck near the lake at West Park, very much larger than the mallards. Thought from the skull shape and the black patch at the back of the head that it could have been a muscovy / aylesbury cross.
Seen one time only – there have been no signs of the bird on several subsequent visits to the park.
A horse chestnut flower bud at the end of a twig, with its sticky coating. A little further down the twig, the flower buds are smaller.
Male pheasant in the field between the canal and the Smestow Brook at Compton. Seemingly unaware of my presence on the other side of the hedge.
More spring flowers starting to come out. These red dead nettles were growing in the shelter of garden walls on a pavement at Castlecroft.
“Dead” because they may look like nettles, but they’re not. So there’s no sting.
Squirrel on a grassy area on one of the wide pavements in Castlecroft, gathering nesting material for its dray.
Wren, just about visible, standing at the edge of the Finchfiled Brook. It was skulking behind the grill at the end of the culvert, where the brook emerges into daylight after passing under the Railway Walk.