Wolves Wild

The bushes by the Northycote Farm seed feeders. Here great tits on the surrounding bushes and other convenient perches, waiting for a turn or eating what they had gleaned.

Remains of a house built into the cliff face at Bridgnorth, now by the side of the New Road connecting Undercliff to High Town. The striations in the cliff face showing the profiles of successive dunes in the desert which petrified to form the rock.

Taken on a recent visit to Northycote Farm, when the crowd at the bird feeders was dominated by bluetits and great tits. This set features the smaller bird, mainly seen as they waited on the surrounding bushes for a turn at the food.

Horse’s hoof bracket fungi growing on a fallen log by the riverside footpath at Bridgnorth. When I took these shots, the river was high but not quite overflowing. Water level was about a metre below these fungi. But it must recently have been high enough to submerge them, leaving some of its sediment behind as a layer of mud.

The Severn was high at Bridgnorth, so the shingle between the old bridge and the Bylet was completely submerged. As usual, a big group of birds hanging round there, hoping to be fed. The black swan was surrounded by the flock of mallards and hybrid geese. But there was always clear water around it for getting lots of portraits without other birds intruding.

Hellebores flowering in a shady area by the footpath along the Penk at Perton at the start of this month.