Some of the large carp in the lake at West Park.
I’ve been visiting the park for many years, and never noticed them before.
On a warm day recently there were at least a dozen of them in a shallow sunny patch.
View towards Chillington Hall
View up the final section of the long drive to Chillington Hall. The gentle curves of the landscape owe as much to Capability Brown as to nature.
Tree peony flower, Badger
Flower of a tree peony growing on the bank of Town Pool, Badger.
Caught
Wind-dispersed seeds caught in a cobweb.
Bilberry with a flower
A bilberry (or whinberry) shrub caught just before the last red flowers went over. The shrub can be spotted to the left of the dead tree in this picture.
Lady’s smock by a canal
Lady’s smock growing right at the edge of the canal at Compton.
Garden violet
Somewhat nibbled garden violet.
Long-horned cattle, Chillington
Long-horned cows, calves and a bull grazing at the end of the avenue at Chillington Hall.
When I was there, there were still bluebells in the woods.
The bull was paying attention to those cows which didn’t have calves.
Forest of horsetails
Mass of horsetails growing tightly together, forming a miniature forest a few inches high.
Heron on the nest
Heron watching over a nest at Pendeford Mill LNR on its open day last month. One of the pair previously featured here.
