This insect with its huge eyes is a hoverfly. It was visiting the flowers on the umbellifers in the Barley Field, in the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve.
The summer has been so wet that it would be hard to get many pictures without going out on rainy days. At least that makes it easier to find spider’s webs showing up because of the water drops hanging from them. The web was in Barley Field recently.
This used to be the main path across the Barley Field in Smestow Valley Nature Reserve. Compton Park (behind the hedge) started to be redeveloped in the spring. Now the grass is taking over the path.