David

A ragwort in Barley Field: the last of the flowers was going over, most turning to seed, some of which had already dispersed.

This tiny insect on a nettle leaf had a carapace banded in pale and very dark green.

The more delicate cousin of the garden pest, bindweed, is often found on roadsides.

Broad-leaf trees have begun the change into their autumn colours before they lose their leaves entirely.

At the end of last month, Tettenhall ridge showed only the slightest signs of this starting. On the same day, a tall beech on Albert Road was already a mixture of reds and yellows in the crown.

Earth stars often grow in places were they are obscured by other vegetation. This one was only visible through a gap in a dense howthorn hedge.

The spherical parts of earth star fungi are usually an inch or more in diameter. This one was flattened, and smaller than a penny.