Coot chicks from the same brood as in yesterday’s post, out for an early morning swim. Although they were now big enough to feed for themselves, one was still successfully demanding food from a parent.
Hawkbit growing wild, flowering
Yellow halkbit flowers, these on a plant growing wild beside the pond between the Science Park and the canal.
Coot chicks on the water again
Coot chicks on the Avon at Stratford. I first took pictures of them when they had only hatched a day or two previously. Now they were several weeks old and swimming much further from the nest.
Lone duckling on canal
Lone duckling which was swimming on the canal with the mother mallard just a short distance from Wightwick Mill lock.
Poppies: Shakespearean gardens
Showy poppies, buds and seed cases from the gardens of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust – the birthplace itself, New Place and Anne Hathaway’s cottage.