Teal seen from the octagonal hide at Doxey Marshes, preening and feeding.
Wild garlic flowers, Aldersley Junction
Wild garlic flowers on a woody bank by the canal near Aldersley Junction. Unopened flowers from the same patch here.
Heron by the far shore, Doxey
Heron with a patch on a narrow arm of Tillington Pool, Doxey Marshes. Here standing at the edge of the water by the far shore, seeming unconcerned at my presence on the footpath on the opposite bank.
Peacock butterfly on dandelion flower and on hawthorn leaf
Peacock butterfly by the towpath at Compton, feeding on dandelion flower after resting on a nearby. on hawthorn leaf
Reed bunting in a bush, Doxey
Reed bunting high in a bush and calling, on the edge of the Doxey Marshes Nature Reserve.
Tulips, Castlecroft canal
Tulips on the edge of a garden by the canal at Castlecroft, seen as reflected on the surface of the water.