Category: David

Clump of hazelnuts, just starting to form and ripen on a bush.

View from the top of Bushbury Hill, with the long ridge of the Wrekin in the distance.

Lupin seed pods, looking a bit like furry pea pods (the plants are related). The same plants shown here were in full flower previously.

At this time of year some leaves of dock plants turn a more or less bright red, often also curling up. If I remember right, this is due to a viral infection.

Once the female mallard has laid her eggs, the male heads off, sometimes with other males, to a safe spot to moult to loose his conspicuous breeding plumage.

This process, called going into eclipse, had just begun with the birds here.

The delicate blue of a speedwell flowering in the hedgerow by the canal at Aldersley.