Author: David

This clump of ragwort was proving very attractive to insects early in August. A cinnabar moth caterpillar is near to the ragged white butterfly (above) while the hoverfly (below) came along a minute or so later.

Looking down Darlington Street from Queens Square towards Chapel Ash, it almost looks like the former church is rising through a wood.

Keeping this illusion with a closer view meant a very careful choice of where to frame the picture.

There are two young coots here, swimming and eating a few yards from each other.

They are the same birds feature in the post of August 19th
when they must have been very recently hatched.

This family of swans include a second adult which wouldn’t line up to get in the same shot of the others, as well as the three well-grown young seen below. They have a large territory heading out towards the junction with the Bradley arm of the canal.

Todays post feature water birds seen on a stroll along the towpath of the Birmingham canal, heading from the city centre in the direction of Birmingham, a couple of weeks ago.

This duck and her two ducklings were in a gap in the wall above the canal a few yards from Bilston Road.

From the middle of August, heathy areas like this part of Cannock Chase near Brocton,  become a mass of purple as the heather comes into flower.