David

Skating on the surface of the larger pool in Buckpool LNR, Wordsley.

There is at least one heron which seems to spend a lot of its nights in West Park.

Recently it has been using this pile of vegetation on the edge of the boating lake as its look-out post.

When I got too close for comfort it fled to the fenced off enclosure for the boats.

One of a pair of ducklings still with its mother in the shadow of Red House Glass Cone, Wordsley.

The beetle came back the next day, and was a bit more cooperative about facing in a direction where its head was visible

Delicate blue flowers, while the stems, leaves and buds are all hairy.

The beetle is possibly Chysolita polita, It now looks more likely that it is Agonum sexpunctatum. It is resting on a nettle leaf.