Holly blue butterfly resting by the side of a tiny pebble on the canal towpath at Wightwick, warming itself in the morning sun.
Carrion crow on the coast path wall
Carrion crow, undisturbed by people close by, on the seaward wall of the coast patgh at Newlyn.
Blackthorn: flowers, Barley Field
A few flowers on one of the blackthorns in the Barley Field hedge, taken at the same time as the flower buds featured in a post yesterday. From its position, the tree with these flowers caught that little bit more sun.
Two wagtails on river flotsam
Grey wagtail and pied wagtail on a patch of flotsam on the Exe at Exeter. Both are probably males.
Blackthorn: flower buds, Barley Field
Blackthorn buds as the flowers were just about to break in the dense hedge separating the Barley Field from the Railway Walk.
Immature greater black backed gull on a roof
An immature greater black-backed gull, watchful as it stood on the roof of one of the buildings at Newlyn harbour.