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.
Yellow staining agarics look like field mushrooms, though they can smell of phenol.
When they are cut, the exposed flesh turns yellow. When eaten, they cause a series of unpleasant symptoms. Because they are so easily confused with field mushrooms, they are the commonest cause of mushroom poisoning.
Blue butterfly, possibly a holly blue, which settled on a bramble leaf by the canal towpath near Compton.
