Category: David

Barley turning from green to yellow as it heads for being ripe enough to reap.

Whitethroat singing from the tallest twig of a hawthorn bush, telling any rivals to keep well away.

Pair of venerable beech trees, either side of one of the paths through the woods on the long avenue to Chillington Hall, on the outskirts of Brewood.

Holly blue butterfly resting on one of the yellow rattle flowers on the edge of the wildflower meadow section of Springvale Park.

Different species of vetch in bloom. The white flowers ones were really tiny.

Since the middle of June, meadow brown butterflies have been flying in the wildflower meadow areas of the Smestow Valley, often alongside the related ringlets (pictures coming soon)

One of the insects in these pictures seems to have lost a similar-shaped section from both forewings.