David

Forcing its way up from under the concrete base of a garden fence, a mushroom of some kind. Probably not one of those which is good to eat.

Two swans, likely a pair, by the West Park island, just visible through the overhanging tree branches. As they preened, they looked almost like a singe creature with long flexible necks at each end.

Blackberries slowly getting darker and shinier as they ripen. Pick and eat to confirm they also get juicier and sweeter.

Quite a lot of the flowers were never fertilized this year. The weather this spring did not help bring the insects out.

One of the rats in West Park, probably a young one. It was very quiet, no people or dogs for the rats to worry about. Bit it was still very wary. A robin flew by, and the rat retreated under the hedge until the bird had gone. Then it was back to forays on the footpath.

Remains of the flowers surround the developing seeds on the stem, where one flower still remained.

A speckled wood butterfly by the canal at Compton. It seemed undecided whether to rest on the footpath itself, or on leaves in the pathside hedge.