Category: David

Male large red damselfly at rest on a dried-out bullrush leaf. The next day what was possibly the same insect had switched to a preferred spot on a nearby greener leaf.

Pictures from some years ago, which I have just noticed I never posted before. A young red squirrel on the ground in the extensive grounds of the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin. Evidently it was used enough to human disturbance to be relaxed while I fired off several pictures.

Sadly, not something we can expect to see around here.

Young coot, one of a pair of half-grown chicks, with droplets of water spread across its down from where it had been diving in the water for food.

The West Park lone greylag gosling not (yet) getting any more elegant as it grows. Here it was lying on short grass, taking care of its feathers.

Both parents were close by, just out of shot, watching protectively.

Young coot chick swimming away from shore in the greenish-looking waters of West Park lake.

Peacock butterfly with ragged wings, which spent some time with its wings spread on the wooden railing of the Compton Park footbridge. A little later it moved to a nearby flower where it continued to warm itself.