Male common blue damselfly (the females are paler and harder to spot) resting on a leaf near the edge of the vegetation fringing the pool in Compton Park. The first one to arrive this year.
Female goosander floating downstream on Severn
Female goosander seen flying upstream in the previous post, now landed in the middle of the Severn and being carried by the current floating back in the direction she originally came from. In the final shot, she disappears leaving only a circular wave, having dived for fish.
Female goosander flying upstream, Severn
Female goosander flying quickly heading upstream above the Severn at Bridgnorth, possilby one of the three which had been on the riverbank a few minutes earlier.
Whitebeam, flowers beginning to open
Flowers just beginning to open on one of the whitebeam trees in West Park – indeed the same tree which had the still tightly closed flower buds in this post.
On Library Steps, Bridgnorth
The sandstone cliff seen from the bottom of Library Steps, one of the several sets of footways connecting the two parts of Bridgnorth.
Goosander drake floating downstream on Severn
More of the goosanders which seem to be staying as summer residents on the Severn at Bridgnorth. This drake was gently floating downsteam, carried by the powerful current. Taken minutes after these pictures of goosanders on the riverbank, the bird here is a different drake.