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Pods holding the ripening seeds on a broom bush growing by one of the stiles giving access to the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve.

Toadflax in flower by the Wom Brook Walk near the centre of Wombourne earlier this week.

Giant polypores are common bracket-like fungi which grow on wood. They often grow at the base of trees or, as here, on roots some distance from the trunk.

The fruiting bodies can appear in the same spot year after year, like this one in West Park.

Bumblebees on an early morning search for nectar, finding a prime source in some hollyhocks.

A large French funnel spider drags its prey, probably a millipede, into its web.

Males of the beautiful demoiselle damselfly are mostly a striking electric blue colour.

The females are more subdued colours, which also vary more depending on the lighting conditions.

The ones shown here had territories along the Staffs & Worcs Canal, which they watched while perching on vegetation in the hedge by the towpath.