Another look at some of the wintering tufted ducks on the lake at West Park.
Crocus, flowering, mud-splattered
Crocus flowering at Bantock Park. First week of this month. No snow, but the flowers wer splattered in mud from the frequent, heavy rain.
Sparrows drinking
Two sparrows drinking the water left out for them.
Catkins and leaf buds on hazel bush
Spring is coming soon. The catkins on hazels have been developing all winter, and now the buds of the new year’s leaves are beginning to show.
Jackdaws, starlings
Pollarded tree next to the dovecote on the Dovecotes housing estate, a perch for some of the local jackdaws and starlings.
C17 dovecote (with erratic)
Large, octagonal seventeenth century dovecote, now at the centre of the Dovecotes housing estate. There’s a small erratic in the foreground of the picture above.
