David

California poppy escaping from a front garden, growing at the inner edge of the pavement.

Bees busy making the best of the sunny weather, out gathering pollen.

Looks like there’s going to be a good crop of haws this year, and seem to be ripening early.

Berries beginning to ripen while the flowers were still out nearby on a white dogwood bush in a front garden.

Sow thistles can often be spotted at the garden wall edge of pavements in the suburbs, where they can get towards a couple of feet tall. This one was growing rooted in the mortar half way up a garden wall, looking healthy despite a stem only a few inches long.

This coot and its mate, which was swimming just out of shot, were the first to have chicks hatch this year. The chicks are now long gone.