Pair of common blue damselflies acrobatically mating as they flew across the water of the Compton Park pool.
The male’s abdomen is blue, the female’s green. Both have black bands. The tip of the male’s abdomen is clasped to an area somewhere just behind the female’s head.
Poppies brightening up the ring road/Bilston Road underpass.
Carrion crow on the shore of West Park’s boating lake. The bird had just had an early morning drink of water.
Sow thistle, one of the taller of the common weeds of verges and field margins. The yellow flowers open as spring turns to summer.
Big batch of pictures from the last time I saw the thre-duckling brood on the Compton Park pool.
The birds were feeding very near to the footbridge. Were they getting too bold for their own good? Later reports from Geoff on the Smestow Birders webside that there were only two, then one, left. I’ve been back several times since, with no signs of any at all.
Bright yellow laburnum flowers dangle from high branches, contrasting with the blue of the sky as they were lit by the midday sun on a fine summer day.
