Category: David

Silver Y moth resting on a garden leaf: the species gets its name from the marking on the wings.

Tortoiseshell and red admiral butterflies feeding it the warmth of late summer morning sunlight.

Wormwood plant growing by the West Park lake, the flowers gone over and the seeds beginning to ripen.

Horse mushroom, a larger relative of the field mushroom (the wild version of the ordinary supermarket mushroom) growing half-hidden by vegetation in a front garden. The name supposedly derives from its preference for rich soils leading to it often growing near stables.

Grey heron and a little egret on the hunt for fish in the River Dart. The heron was stalking along the edge of the far bank, the egret wading in the water.

Mulberries ripening on a tree in the grounds of Exeter cathedral.