#AutumnLeaves spread out on the lawn like #Pointillist paintings
#Oswestry #Shropshire

#BeechHedge #AutumnColours #Shropshire #Oswestry

Thrilled to find a #Bullace tree in a local hedge. A strain of the insititia subspecies of Prunus domestica (thanks Wikipedia). Apparently popular in the time of the #Tudors

#Oswestry #Shropshire #FruitTrees
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullace

#RainDrops on an #Apple after last night's rain
#Oswestry #Shropshire #Orchard

Tart, but less so than usual

Another elegant #Insect, possibly a Mottled Shield Bug (Rhaphigaster nebulosa) #Oswestry #Shropshire #BritishInsects

Large crop of damsons

Impressive crop of #damsons in the #orchard this year. Note #FeatheredScavengers waiting for #Windfalls

#Oswestry #Shropshire #FruitTrees #ShropshireDamsons

#Sourdough - Holes with a bit of bread round them

#Caterpillars of #LargeWhiteButterfly and #SmallWhiteButterfly doing a job on the #RedCabbage crop
#Shropshire #Oswestry #BrassicaPredators

Splendid #GardenTigerMoth #Caterpillar hanging out in the garden.

#Oswstry #Shropshire #BritishMoths

Cheerful looking small green #ShieldBug visited me in the garden today.

#Oswstry #Shropshire #BritishInsects

Somebody's parked their #MagicCarpet on the lawn
#Oswestry #Shropshire

There are benefits is letting #Dill go to seed.

#Shropshire #Oswestry #HerbGarden #FlowerArranging

Flies and Wasps Clearing Up

#Oswestry #Shropshire #OrchardWork #Flies #Wasps

Magpie Moth (Abraxas grossulariata) trying to get at my Brassicas"
#Oswestry #Shropshire #BritishMoths #CabbageCrime

I parked overnight under a hazel tree. A hazel tree with nuts. A hazel tree with nuts that the squirrels had found.
#HazelNuts #squirrels #Shropshire #Oswestry

Lovage flowers against an angry sky

#GardenHerbs #WaitingForRain #Oswestry #Shropshire

Came across this handsome chap in the strawberry patch this afternoon.
#BritishInsects #Beetles #Trefonen #Oswestry #Shropshire

Cock Pheasant on a wall looking out over a rural scene

Lord of all he surveys
#CockPheasant #Trefonen #Oswestry #Shropshire #BirdOnAWall

Tawny mining bee accompanying me in the veg garden this afternoon

#VegetableGarden #BritishBees #Trefonen #Oswestry #Shropshire

Surprised to come across a #SteamTrain on a quick trip to #Shrewsbury #Shropshire this afternoon

#HotAirBalloon and #Moon over #Trefonen #Shropshire this evening
#mooninabluesky #KubíčekBalloons

Frogspawn on a stone wall. Removed from nearby pond by bird or squirrel?

#Trefonen #Oswestry #Shropshire #Frogspawn #SpringIsHere

St. David's Day and the first daffodils have appeared in the orchard

Mercian Royalty decorating #ShrewsburyStation ? #Shropshire #Mercia #Royalty #Shrewsbury #RailwayStation

#BookSky

Found a great copy, in an English translation, of "The Trials of Enoc Huws" by Daniel Owen in Books Llangollen. My great uncle was secretary of the Daniel Owen Society for many years.
#DanielOwen #WelshLiterature #BooksLlangollen #NovelsInTranslation #Llangollen #BookShops

#Fungi
"King Alfred's Cakes" (Daldinia concentrica) at base of nearby hedgerow - please let me know if I have misidentified.

#Shropshire #Trefonen #Nature #Fungus #Mycology

What is it with #Chickens and #Wellies

#Shropshire #Trefonen #WellingtonBoots

Listening to a flock of Chaffinches "pinking" their way through the Orchard #Shropshire #BritishBirds