A fungus growing on the inner surface of a red pepper which had been left exposed for some days. I’m guessing that the liquid-seeming ends of the strands hold the spores.
Fungus growing on a red pepper
Giant(ish) house spider
Quite impressively big, but not actually a giant, a house spider in a house.
Honey bees diving deep in camellia flowers
During pauses in the persistent rain, honey bees out gathering pollen. They were diving deep into some camellia flowers to get their pollen baskets packed even fuller.
Black and yellow for danger: scarlet tiger caterpillar
One of nature’s standard colour-coded warnings: black and yellow stripes equals danger. This scarlet tiger moth doesn’t sting. The coarse bristles probably already make it unpleasant to eat. Anything which tries to eat it anyway would get bigger problems. The caterpillar is poisonous.
Red pepper seeds
In close-up view, the tiny seeds in the inside of a red pepper remind me of nothing so much as rows of standing stones.
Tangle of branches
I was trying to get a picture of the willow catkins in the foreground, using a mobile phone camera. Instead it’s a portrait of an intricate maze, with the tangle of branches from the other trees behind.
Layered cup possibly
Possibly a layered cup fungus (Peziza varia, also sometimes called cellar cup fungus) growing in a leaky shed.
Maple, leaves starting to open
A maple, just as the leaves were starting to open. The tree was growing by the road and the canal at Newbridge. As I stood on the bridge, the branch was at eye level.
View from Two Greens
The Two Greens pub in Tettenhall (formerly the Rock) has good views looking towards Wolverhampton. Here, through a gap in the trees, Compton Park with the Wolves indoor training ground, before the land rises behind.
Ladybird on a thistle
It’s been a cold and damp spring so far, not exactly insect-friendly conditions. Here’s one ladybird which braved the weather, taking a rest on a spiky thistle.
Garden bluebell flowers budding
Bluebells growing in a front garden, with the first signs of the flowers beginning to develop, and just peeping through the leaves. They did get bluer later.
Flowering current (meduim close-up)
A breeze was making the plant sway, so I didn’t try to get any nearer than enough to take a medium close-up picture of of this flowering current (ribes) bush. Even so, there’s a little bit of movement blur.