Wolves Wild

Another of the rare breeds stock at Northycote Farm; this time a hen (cock?) with a comb which seems to be covering its eyes.

A delicate green marks out the pattern on the paler variant of snake’s head fritillaries. Compare with the other type growing nearby.

A large, open nest high up in the tree tops. I thought I saw, out of the corner of my eye, a buzzard rising from it.

Female (above) and male (below) mallards on the canal near Compton. The pair swam towards me, probably hoping to be fed.

Snake’s head fritillaries growing in a patch of unmown ground at the edge of a lawn at Wightwick Manor.

The colour is often described as purple – top my eyes it is as much reddish.

Flowers artfully planted as if growing wild in Wightwick Manor gardens in today’s posts. This is a forget-me-not.

Pink as well as yellow primroses on the edge of the wood at Wightwick Manor garden.

Groundsel flowers – early morning, before they had opened properly, apart from the one well on the way to ripeness.

A tortoiseshell butterfly feeding on one of the dandelions growing on the edge of a lawn in the garden at Wightwick Manor.

Horse chestnut leaves at different stages of unfolding

This one has some threads of gossamer.

Cowslips, early one morning recently, with a light dusting of frost.

Growing in a garden, not wild.

Dandelion with a small bee in search of pollen…

and another where the seeds are almost ready to be blown away.