Author: David

A common sight in hedgerows in the early autumn, a wild arum with its distinctive bright red berries on the end of an erect stalk.

A large bracket fungus seen from below (top) and just about from above.

This bird, probably a well-grown chick, was one of a family of great created grebes on a large pool by the Marsh lane LNR in Hampton in Arden, Solihull.

This pair were on Swan Pool, Sandwell Valley, a week or so later.

One of the same pair, which has just caught a fish.

The pair’s three young chicks. They are much younger than the bird in the first picture – perhaps a second brood.

The plant which inspired George de Mestral to invent Velcro.

This impressive spider’s web was stretched across a gorse bush in Sutton Park. I couldn’t see any sign of the spider itself.

Young of a harlequin ladybird. This invasive species is growing rapidly in numbers and is a threat to native species.