Flowering this week, plus some very tame birds.

Violets beside the Caldon Canal near Greenway Golf Club (I'm not sure which of the several British native violet species they are).

Dog's Mercury alongside the Head of the Trent between Norton Green and Knypersley Reservoir.

Wood Anemone alongside the Caldon Canal feeder between Knypersley Res. and Norton Green.  

And here inside a meander of the Trent.

 Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage in Greenway Bank Country Park, nr. Biddulph.

Marsh Marigold beside the Serpentine lake. Greenway Bank Country Park. 

One of the very confiding birds at Greenway Bank CP. At this site the birds are so accustomed to being fed they perch close to the pathside branches as people pass by in the hope that you have food for them! This photo shows a Great Tit, but earlier on during my walk Coal Tits, Blue Tits and Robins also joined in.