Section of the River Penk at Penk Rise, near its source at Tettenhall Wood, which until recently ran through a culvert. The 100-yard culvert has recently been opened up by the Environment Agency, and vegetation is just beginning to colonise the new banks of the stream.
Bumble bees climbing as far as they can fit inside comfrey flowers in search of nectar.
Lamb in a field crossed by a footpath.
Pink campion in flower by a canal towpath at the start of last month.
Tortoiseshell butterfly resting on a nettle with its wings together, the underwings visible. The colours are much less bright that the upper surface of the wings.
Gob of foamy “cuckoo spit” on vegetation, which seems particularly abundant this year. It’s protective coating for the nymph of a froghopper (a type of insect).