A walk in Grove Farm local nature reserve

I got some nice pictures in Grove Farm, an official local nature reserve today. I'm usually too cowardly to walk there on my own. I don't want to get mugged. But you know, life is for living and and all that bally rot. Shared foxy earlier. One might do for a poem, perhaps. Did you see the fox? Ever feel like you're being watched? 

Self-isolating? Follow Roo's adventures - therapeutic

This is Roo the pig's interpretation of Christopher Isherwood's "I Am a Camera". It's quite fantastic.

Pair of white feather foot doves, North Greenford

Spotted on Whitton Avenue West, Sunday September 1, 2019. They appeared fairly tame, probably escaped or released by someone, no?

Need a laugh these days, by any chance?

The best bit about this is the last cat who does the Scooby Doo 'run on the spot for a split second before actually moving' pic.twitter.com/ltQhF2HDCl

— Olaf Falafel (@OFalafel) April 11, 2019

Bee fly hovering on forget-me-nots

Spotted in the jungle behind Herald House today

Plankton: Minemizu "Black Water Dive"

Japanese Underwater Photographer Ryo Minemizu (@ryo_minemizu) captures the beauty of plankton. Minemizu developed the Black Water Dive, a night dive with underwater lighting to bring out the best of larval plankton pic.twitter.com/TbV1VuRKKz

— 41 Strange (@41Strange) February 26, 2019

Seagull

Sudbury Hill, Harrow this afternoon

Kingfisher keeping its head still while all else moves

Look how still this kingfisher keeps it head while hunting, incredible! #Winterwatch pic.twitter.com/QW8saez9Qo

— BBC Springwatch (@BBCSpringwatch) January 28, 2018

Alanis Morissette cover

Totally and utterly brilliant

Cute

Doggy driver

Onion

Thursday daydream

Grand Union canal scene with geese and barge

Canal bridge near Queens Park

Canada Goose

Horsenden Hill Park on Sunday

Horsenden Hill Lane

Wiff waff

Each map only shows its own part of the park

Click below for another 40 or so photos, including a canal barge, moorhen, wetland and sundry delights...

Pomeranian

Fulham Palace Road

Macavity?

The mystery cat

Urban bees thriving

Sidmouth Road

I estimated there were about 30 bees on this one lavender plant alone, and the rest of the plants along the front of the flats on Sidmouth Road all just as busy. According to BBC Horizon's recent program, urban bees are flourishing while country bees are dying out. Well it can't be anything to do with mobile phone signals can it then? It must be those pesticides, the nicotinoids probably.

Ossian

Catnap

On a sultry evening in the backstreets of Willesden

Eagle owl in flight

At Mary Arden's farm

Africa - BBC trailer

Don't forget this when you're angry with other parts of the BBC!

Parakeets in Willesden

Rowdon Avenue

A flock of parakeets in a silver birch

These parakeets are newcomers this year. I heard and spotted one about a week ago on two separate occasions as it flew and across the rooftops. Now there's a flock of at least six or more. Pairs of them were flying around in circles, level at tree top height, squawking and back onto the tree. They have a raucous, cackling cry, which I never heard before and is not at all melodious. A magnificent sight when they are flying!

Steve

Field weeds

Ribwort Plantain flowers are out now.
That's our fierce Yorkshire terrier in the background.