Tiny young spiders of the same species as the female in the previous post, in their enclosed nursery web.
There are two webs here. One, on a ragwort, is the one guarded by the spider in the previous post. The other was on ivy just a couple of yards away. The spiderlings in this web had grown a little larger, and begun to spread out through the web.
Female nursery web spider on guard near the enclosed web which is a nursery for her young.
Females are less protective of the males which mate with them. The males bring a tasty gift to the encounter, in the hope that they can get away uneaten afterwards.
Dock seeds (on different plants) at different stages of the ripening process.
Wood tiger moth resting on the underside of a leaf, and possibly the same individual, on the inside of the window of a shed.
Flowering reed flowers, looking tiny on the top of the tall stem of the plant. These were in the marshy area of Sandwell Valley’s Forge Mill Pool.
Slim carrion crow (perhaps a youngster) prowling round on the canal bank near Dimmingsdale.
