Lots of plants seem to have grown taller than usual this year. That made it easier to get shots looking up from below to these hemlock seed heads in Compton Rough.
David
High maintenance feathers
The semi-resident West Park heron preening. Those plumes must need taking care of.
Holly blue on the edge of a leaf
A holly blue butterfly, resting on the edge of a leaf.
Pellucid hoverfly on heather flowers
Pellucid hoverfly feeding on the heather flowers in a front garden.
Starting to change – lords and ladies
The berries on a wild arum (lords and ladies) just starting to ripen from the top. On other plants nearby, they were already bright red.
Meadow brown, thistle flower
Meadow brown butterflies seem to have been present in somewhat larger than usual numbers this summer (the other types of browns, the opposite …). Here are two which were feeding on thistle flowers in the verge of a country road on the outskirts of Codsall.