Smooth newt (also known as common newt) – cameraphone pictures taken in low light by Madelaine Loving on the local allotments.
It’s been several years since I last saw a newt, so it is good to know there are still some living nearby.
This one scampered off back into hiding once it had submitted to its mugshot being taken.
The fingerpost at Autherley Junction is a popular lookout point for birds, here a lesser black backed gull – on another occasion, a heron.
The flowers of this umbellifer seemed to be a big draw for flies one morning – the dozen or so there include at least four different species.
Individual oats visible in their drying protective coverings as they ripen.
Mulberries darkening as they ripen overhead.
