A walk in to the city centre and back, Worcester: Friday, 29th April, 2022.

 

Gold Finches.

Violating local parking regs.

Robin.

Singing.

Quietly.

Feeding ducks and pigeons.

Crow.

Not one to say no to a duck food pellet.

Blue Tits?

Mr and Mrs Swan are on The Brook.

Cygnets are on Mum's back.

Three cygnets on view.

Fellow spectators assure us that there are four.

The fourth one must be both squashed and very warm.

Seeds for the birds.

Starting to brighten up upstream.

Still grey downstream.

Mrs and Mr River-Swan.

Not a lot happening.

Skyscape (with added Magpie).

Worcester Cathedral and friends.

On Pitchcoft.

Feeding Angel Wing and his new partner.

A female also with one wing.

It's lovely that they have found one another.

Almost under Sabrina Bridge.

Pear Tree close up.

Elgars:

Darjeeling tea.

Coffee and Walnut Cake. 

Decaf Tea.

Potato Skins.

Stuffed with two types of cheese, leeks, 

pieces of ham and so on.

And....um....potato. 

And salad  - no peppers.

Garlic Bread.

Seeds.

Going in.

Well in.

Wiping the trolley down.

Well in II.

High Street.

Turned out nice again.

Blackbird.

Female.

Repeat Requests delivered.

Long Tailed Tit.

'Nic'.

Another fully paid up member of THAWA Society.

Gheluvelt Park, & Pitchcroft (just a bit), Worcester: Thursday, 28th April, 2022.

 

Tubsie and Vicky.

The symbiotic relationship continues.

Not Tubsie.

Merely another fully paid up member of THAWA Society.

Great bush.

Shame about the Robin.

Robin.

Juvenile.

Also a fully paid up member of THAWA Society.

Just to provide a sense of proportion.

Walkin' and talkin' with Rob and Joyce.

Park Bridge.

We'll be able to use it once more if they ever get 

around to painting and treating it.

Mrs and Mr Swan are now on The Brook 

with their four cygnets and two Mallards for company.

The cygnets have been swept down two weirs 

and can't get back up again.

Happens every year.

They seem happy enough.

On Pitchcroft.

Mrs River-Swan.

She's steadfast.

We'll give her that.

Skyscape.

Worcester Cathedral and friends.

Wisteria.

There's a lot of it about at this time of year. 

Grey and cool upstream.

Grey and cool downstream.

Gheluvelt Park, Pitchcroft, and Red Hill, Worcester: Wednesday, 27th April, 2022.

 

Robin.

Parent.

Robin.

Juvenile. 

Robins.

Parent and juvenile.

Together.........sort of.

Mrs Swan and four vulnerable cygnets.

The pond has been drained for bridge works.

Hence all the mud.

How long have we got to sit on this mud, Mum?

Mr Swan is off in his own world, as per.

Robin.

Finding things to eat in the mud.

Pigeons.

Canoodling and........

.........doing a bit more than canoodling.

In public.

Seeds for the birds.

Grey and not exactly warm upstream.

Grey and not exactly warm downstream.

Fallen tree is still being chopped up.

Mrs River-Swan is still sat on the nest.

On Pitchcroft.

Outward bound.

Skyscape.

Worcester Cathedral and friends.

Blue Tit.

Two Westies.

We hope to learn their names in due course.

On Pitchcroft.

Homeward bound.

Mrs River-Swan.

Are her eggs ever going to hatch?

Spag.

Female.

Enjoying Cath and Tony's bird food dish.

Robin.

Out on a limb.

Wiping the trolley down.

Going in.

Well in.