Male goldfinches coming to a garden feeder with niger seed. One of the birds spent a long time eating seed after seed – I cut more footage than I left in.
Glistening inkcaps, glistening
Glistening inkcaps growing by the Railway Walk at Newbridge, glistening in the dampness left by recent heavy rain.
Catkins, raindrops
Pussy willow catkins, only recently fully-formed from their immaculate state, holding raindrops from an overnight downpour.
Blackbird with dirty beak
Male blackbird prospecing one of the lawns in the Castle Grounds park at Bridgnorth, hunting for invertebrates. Getting left with a dirty beak from the moist soil.
Close-up, lesser celandine
Close-up of a lesser celandine flower, growing conveniently a waist level in a cutting on the canal near Aldersley Junction.
Clinging on (West Park squirrel)
Clinging on half way up the trunk of its tree, a West Park squirrel heads for safety.