A bright yellow covering of pollen on these pussy willow catkins, contrasting with the blue of the sky on a sunny spring morning.
Nest-building coots, West Park
It’s getting to be that time of year again. A pair of coots on West Park lake arranging twigs to build up a nest in one of the favoured spots.
Hellebores by a footpath, Perton
All along the shady section of the footpath by the Penk in Perton, hellebores in flower. Heading upstream towards the shopping centre, the flowers got progressively darker.
Carrion crow, partly albinistic
A carrion crow with small areas where its feathers are white, not black. These markings make it easy to spot, and whenever I do so it is on the opposite side of the road to Bantock Park.
Here it was exploring the moss on the roofs of garages, finding things to eat.
Not quite Easter (pasqueflower)
A pasqueflower in a front garden on Henwood Road, a reminder that Easter is around the corner. The flowers on this one were just beginning to open, a month before this year’s Easter.
Jay preening, Wightwick: video clip
A brief video of one of the jays from yesterday’s post. It was the bird which was less obscured by branches.
The white noise on the soundtrack was from the outflow of the water which bypassed Wightwick Mill lock.