Shoveller pair on West Park boating lake, taking a brief pause from swimming round in tight circles, “shovelling” the water in fronot of them for food.
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First violets, canalside, Penkridge
Seen with a week still left of February, my first violet flowers of the year. By the canal footpath at Penkridge, growing among chickweed.
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Little grebe, Perton pool
Just seen, out of focus behind a screen of reeds, a little grebe on the big pool at Perton. I was told it had been trying to eat a fish which was too big to swalow.
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Cherry blossom, Bridgnorth
Pink cherry flowers on a riverside tree at Bridgnorth. Out of focus as the background, the Severn in flood.
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Robin on hawthorn, Perton
Hawthorn bush with the leaves just beginning to emerge from the buds, Perton. On the end of one of the twigs, a robin.
Once again, two or three days after the highest water levels, the Severn at Bridgnorth in the aftermath of Storm Dennis. Looking downstream from the old bridge, where there is usually a gang of birds hoping to be fed, the goosander pair only can just be made out.