This plant was growing by a roadside near Lower Penn.
Haws ripe in early September
Showy spiders webs
Insects feeding on ragwort flowers
Chapel Ash dawn
Young coots, Birmingham canal
There are two young coots here, swimming and eating a few yards from each other.
They are the same birds feature in the post of August 19th
when they must have been very recently hatched.
Family of swans, Birmingham canal
Duck and ducklings, Birmingham canal
Todays post feature water birds seen on a stroll along the towpath of the Birmingham canal, heading from the city centre in the direction of Birmingham, a couple of weeks ago.
This duck and her two ducklings were in a gap in the wall above the canal a few yards from Bilston Road.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davea2007/6095391363
Heather in flower on Cannock Chase
Plums ripening
Bagot goats at Shugborough
One of the historic breeds farm animals at Shugborough Park. If these are indeed Bagot goats, they are descended from the semi-wild herd of Blithfield Hall, on the opposite side of Cannock Chase, and be of a critically endangered rare breed.
The billy is relaxing above, and the kid, below, is eating with a jackdaw seeming to mimic its actions.