3:00 snapshot #538

On the train to Poole, having dropped off Andy and the car back at Heathrow. The photos are going to be in strange sequence from here. The snapshots and urban nature pics will continue in sequence, but they are ahead of the regular vacation pictures, owing to laziness lack of time to fix them up.

Urban Nature Pictures 7/11

European starlings, a species on the decline in Europe.

3:00 snapshot #539

Scowling at the wind while crossing the Channel.

Urban Nature Pictures 7/12

I was fascinated to see palms not only here (St. Helier, Jersey) but throughout Cornwall and Wales. Then again, this may not be a palm at all, but perhaps a cold-hardy lookalike, like Cordyline australis, native to New Zealand. Anyone know what it is?

Conwy

We drove up to Conwy (which we are assured is pronounced "conway") and found more castle-y stuff. What's up with that?

( funny you should ask )