David

This year’s two West Park cygnets are still thriving. They’re not yet beginning to get adult plumage, but their down no longer has that just hatched cuteness. Instead, they are at what is presumably the ugly duckling stage. If so, it’s ugly ducklings which are already much bigger than adult mallards.

Teazles from the poolside vegetation patch by the Compton Park pool, finally beginning to flower.

Square-headed wasp – subtribe Crabronina, resting on a lichen-covered tree trunk, West Park.

A random selection of unripe berries, fruits and nuts I’ve come across on my exercise walks in the last few weeks.

Small white butterfly, very enthusiastically feeding on alkanet flowers.

It’s ow about the height of the ragwort flowering season. Here flower buds still closed, buds opening, and flowers fully open.