David

Emerald damselfly resting on a leaf over a small pool, contorting its abdomen to spread the pheromones it is wafting to attract a mate. Baggeridge Country Park at the end of last month.

Mast – beech nuts with their spiky outer covering – ripening, here on a tree in Compton Park.

Teazle seed heads on one of the plants by the Compton Park pool, topped by a lone resting bee.

Boletes growing on Finchfield Green (the grassy area in front of the shops).

Female goosander drinking from the Severn just upstream from Bylet island at Bridgnorth, and a little later on the gravel nearby, preening.

Beginning to open, the flower cluster on one stem of a umbellifer.