second in July

Back again to write something. This is the second post in just over a week. I have been struggling to actually write some things down. OK so the world Cup has been on and I am sure I have come up with lots of excuses. I am still taking pictures. The website has sat for a while without addition. I am working on some changes / upgrades (that may be far too strong a word for it ). Anyway Vertrouge will have some new pictures and some new categories soon. we are back off to Scotland at the beginning of August so I hope to have done something by then.

So what has happened in the last week since my last post. Well I have been to work and we have had the weekend. The weather has held up.. well until today when the rain has returned. I have carried on with my walks up and down the River Severn around the English Bridge in Shrewsbury. A pair of swans has managed to raise so far a brood of seven cygnets who are growing well

They seem to spend most of their time when I am in the vicinity on the far bank or in mid stream. a couple of days ago they were lured across by the promise of bread and I got a couple of pictures. This is my favourite.

On the same day I saw a family group of goosander floating by. They stayed in the stretch for a couple of days before heading on, downstream I assume. There is something about the shape of their heads and the way they move that reminds me of the Velociraptors in Jurassic Park.

Yesterday I went for a walk along the canal that runs near where I live in walsall. I came across a couple of very young moorhen chicks and got a couple of pictures that I am quite pleased with.

As you can see from the first one the chicks were very small, this one looking as though it never wanted to get into the water again. After a while it had found a sibling and was being "fed" by the adult.

OK that is enough for now

Until next time