The flowers in one of the pots in front of Bantock House bearing up surprisingly well after a morning of persistent heavy rain.
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New wooden cow, Bantock Park
Hopefully this one will be more resistant than the previous statue.
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Primroses in a bank of violets
A large patch of violets – and just the one clump of primroses.
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The Crooked House
This famous pub is a dramatic example of how human activity can impact on the landscape. The crazy distortions from the level can give the feeling of being drunk when entering, without a drop (yet) being taken. Its condition is all down to subsidence from the former mines there.
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Peacock butterfly on a bramble
The butterfly was safe in the middle of a bramble patch as it rested with its wings outstretched to warm itself in the morning sunlight.
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The real goal of a nature walk
O.K., not actually the (only) real goal, but the Mermaid was a very welcome refuge from an unexpected April shower.
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White violets
A bank of white violets last month.
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Dramatic dawn
A spring sunrise reflected in the windows of a particularly stark concrete building on Wolverhampton College’s Paget Road site.
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St George’s mushroom
A largish mushroom whose fruiting body appears in the spring – supposedly on St George’s day (which is today), though that sounds to me like the type of conceit perpetrated by Victorian gentlemen naturalists.
This one was actually pictured two days ago growing at the edge of a garden. Several others could just about be made out a few inches away, almost hidden by the greenery.
The tree stump gives some idea of the size of the mushroom’s cap.
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Azalea flowering
From a bush by one of the entrances to West Park, pictured before the bad weather at Easter.
