David

Dunnock sitting on a fence post, taking care of its feathers in a sunny spot.

Growing goslings feeding in short grass by West Park lake.

The mother goose was on guard.

The family has featured in previous posts when the goslings were smaller and apparently cuddlier, most recently here.

Lady’s smock growing hanging over the canal at Compton. It was intertwined with a nettle, also in flower.

Summer is a quiet period for fungi, but I noticed this red cracking bolete growing on the lawn in front of a block of flats.

It eventually got decidedly weathered and nibbled before someone noticed it and kicked it over.

Chicken of the woods fungus growing on one of the cherry trees by the ring road.

There was a larger growth on the same tree two years ago, but even this looks tiny compared to one in East Park recently.

Small white butterfly looking rather like an extension of the flower it is resting on.