Author: David

Several species of spiders build their webs over crevices, with a tunnel in the middle where they lurk, ready to leap out for prey. The spider itself can just about be seen at the bottom of the tunnel here.

Privet flowers are normally more noticeable by their distinctive odour than their appearance, but this close-up shows their exotic appearance. The flowers develop from buds like these.

Cauliflower fungi come from one of several related species of parasitic fungi which look a little bit like the head of a cauliflower.

This one was growing on a tree stump near the lake in West Park.

I noticed this carved mouse on the signpost for a footpath as I was walking to get to the Pendeford Mill Reserve for its Open Day a while back.

Despite the wet summer, the seeds of this angelica are drying out and ripening. The picture was taken right at the start of the month.

A large cross spider, and so almost certainly a female, was darting about her web as she repaired damage to the threads.