Plastic crows, Cologne

Plastic crows, Cologne

Plastic crows seem popular by the river in Cologne, presumably to try to discourage the real thing.

Plastic crow, Cologne

Wild garlic flowers, Wergs

Wild garlic flowers, Wergs

Ramsom, aka wild garlic, flowers. The plants form a thick border to the start of a bridle path at Wergs. On sunny days during the season the smell of garlic is almost overpowering.

Wild garlic flowers, Wergs

Umbellifer flower covering

Umbellifer flower covering

Protective covering (a specialised leaf?) for flowers which are about to develop on a robust umbellifer species. With its hairs and ribbing, it looks to me part animal.

Thistle flowers, Berkswell

Thistle flowers, Berkswell

Thistles just beginning to flower. These were growing by the brook fed by the spring which gives the village of Berkswell its name.

Thistle flowers, Berkswell