Wolves Wild

Coot chick which featured yesterday carried on swimming away from its parent, then started demanding attention.

Northycote cock displaying, standing on the fence of his enclosure.

Coot chick being fed by a parent, then heading off for a brief show of independence before demanding more food.

Delicate umbellifer flowering. There is a fly near the centre of the picture.

Large garden poppy flower just about to open, after overnight rain.

West Park squirrel which has nabbed a large chunk of bread someone had put out for the birds, and thought I wanted to take it.

Male common blue damselflies resting on leaves by the pond on the Marsh Lane reserve at Hampton in Arden.

The females are green rather than blue.

A litter of piglets under shelter at Northycote Farm. Pictured here when only recently born.

The other sow’s litter are somewhat older, and have been out in the open air for some time. Earlier pictures of them, too.

Bluebells in one of the small woods on the footpath between Berkswell and Hampton in Arden.

Heron making itself inconspicuous in an overgrown ditch near the lake at Berkswell.