Common darter dragonflies resting in the sun on the waterside decking on the footbridge over the pool at Compton Park. On calm sunny days in August there were sometimes two or three insects here, seeming to be carefully positioned so they did not see each other.
Common darter dragonflies hovering as it comes in to land on the waterside decking on the footbridge over the pool at Compton Park.
Acorns on an oak tree beginning to grow larger and fatter as they ripen. Compare how acorns on the same tree had appeared a mere nine days earlier.
Young male greater spotted woodpecker on what may have been one of its first forays out of the nest. When it spotted me, it took it three attempts before it managed to take off properly to fly a little higher into the tree.
At first glance, meadow browns look similar to the closely related gatekeepers (featured yesterday). But they are much less likely to be spotted only on the margins of wide open spaces. This one was on one of the flowers in the Sensory Garden at Northycote Farm.
The Prince, a mushroom large enough to be hard to overlook. A patch, with outliers, growing on the lawn of the former Customs and Excise building on Tettenhall Road, where it appeared at a similar time in previous years.