Wolves Wild

Probably a male fox at the far side of a field. Going by the din just previously, there had been two foxes, mating,

A clump of seaweed on the shoreline.

Avocets and a godwit are reflected in the mud as they feed on the invertebrates they find in the mud of the Exe estuary.

This weather vane right by the Exe at Topsham portrays an avocet.

These ice crystals had formed at the high tide mark on the estuary of the river Exe during the recent cold spell.

A pair of magpies run across the sandy ground by the entrance to Dawlish Warren railway station.

The slowly-decaying remains of two former boats on the mud of the Exe estuary at low tide. These wrecks are at the end of the Turf’s beer garden.

Dangling seed-heads on a riverside plane tree. This year’s leaf buds and the lichen encrustation on the branches can also be seen.

Violets flowering early in February in the (normally) gentle climate of south Devon. In fact, this picture was taken in a brief thaw, only a few hours after the one in the previous post.

As each tide receded, it left behind ice on the mud and elsewhere, as on this seaweed.