window

The Opera

next page nature diary previous day back Paris Diary,
Sunday 5th December 1999, page 1/2
Nature Diary     Rocks     History     Gallery     Links     Home Page    
female blackbird in yew yew
IN THE PARK on Montmatre, 20 Blackbirds are feeding on the wax-red berries of Yew. A bench is peppered with their red-stained droppings.


Sacre Coeurstarling
The white dome of Sacre Coeur is dazzling in the morning sun against a cloudless blue sky. A Starling sings as if spring is here already.


Paris Opera
Pigeons perch on an oversize bronze eagle above the door on the west side of the Paris Opera, which I sketch from the Relais des Opera opposite.

Richard Bell
Richard Bell,
wildlife illustrator
E-mail; 'richard@daelnet.co.uk'

  
Next page    Previous day   Nature Diary   Wild West Yorkshire home page