Wolves Wild

Heron and magpie, close together on canal path in countryside near Castlecroft.

Someone came along walking a dog. The heron was first to blink, taking off to retreat to the nearby Smestow Brook.

Speckled wood butterfly, its wings folded together, well camougflaged as it rests on the ground in a clearing in Old Nursery Wood.

Green veined white butterfly resting on a dandelion clock, by the canal opposite the Wildside Centre. Not sure why it chose that one. There were plenty of dandelions and other plants in flower nearby.

West Park goose, by its plumage a cross between a greylag and a domesticated variety.

West Park magpie sitting on a fence. Keeping one wary eye on me while it tells off another magpie out of shot.

Wild arums (cuckoo pint, lords and ladies), at the stage where the flower was just about to open. Most of these never did. Instead, they were eaten, probably by a badger.