Views looking away from the water while walking on the riverside footpath of the Quarry in Shrewsbury on a bright but frosty morning recently (Boxing Day, as it happens).
Christmas dabchick
A little grebe busy hunting for fish in the Severn at Shrewsbury on Christmas Day.
Christmas blewitt
A wood blewitt on Christmas Day. The strength of its colour indicated that it had almost certainly come up on the previous cold night.
Christmas King, Berlin
A decoration in one of the Christmas markets on the Ku’Damm in Berlin. Is he meant to be one of the three kings?
Skeletal bird sculpture, Cologne
Is this meant to be a bird or a flying reptile? Large-scale metallic sculpture overlooking the river in Cologne.
Purple orchid, Oberammergau
More alpine flowers from the meadows on the outskirts of Oberammergau. This time, green-winged orchids with their purple flowers.
