Young cormorant which has recently been on the island in the boating lake in West Park. Probably brought down by bad weather while it was on migration.
Moss forming a carpet on the trunk of a tree, the fruiting bodies standing out with the ends drooping. The fruiting bodies turning red have presumably already shed their spores.
A mass of frogspawn finally hatched, possibly as recently as earlier on the same warm morning of the day these pictures were taken.
The tiny tadpoles were still gathered in a great crowd in the same area the spawn had been lying. Later they dispersed to hiding places more widely over the pond.
Elderly donkey and horse in a field at the back of Botterham Locks near Wombourne. It seemed to be a retirement home (there was also another horse) with the residents looking like they were carefully tended.
Another male great created grebe arrives , flying aggressively at the first bird as a trespasser its territory. The intruding male flew off (second picture) and didn’t land until it had reached the far end of the lake.
The male great crested grebe which featured in the two posts above, now safely in the quiet water at the end of the fishing lake. It was putting on a show of unconcern by swimming considerably nearer to the shore, and so nearer to me and the anglers.
Seen earlier today, the first swallow of the year high on a tree in the middle of Doxey Marshes, looking from a distance like it might be something even more interesting.