David

Another butterfly on its second, summer, generation of the year. Holly blue warming itself by spreading its wings on the canal towpath, then eating or drinking from something insalubrious nearby.

Grey spotted amanita mushrooms growing on a front lawn, the larger one already well nibbled, probably by slugs or snails.

The heatwave at the middle of the month brought out the summer generation of butterflies in fair numbers. Here, a couple of the commas which were around.

Lady’s bedstraw flowering. This was in the marshy area around the pond in Compton Park, so possibly part of the package of vegetation planted when the pond wasw created a few years ago.

A heron back again on one of the favoured perches in West Park, a willow growing out over the lake from one of the islands. This time, the bird seemed to be keeping a watchful eye towards the bridge.

A small dusty wave moth (Idaea seriata) resting up in the daytime.