Category: David

Flower of a canalside reed. A single thread of spider silk is connecting the stem to the nearest leaf.

Frog which came under cover, apparently to shelter, during a recent heavy shower.

Heron taking care of its feathers.

The bird was on the deserted playing fields of Smestow School, as seen from the canal towpath.

Blue-tailed damselfly resting on the seed-head of a poolside reed.

Wild roses flowering on a bush growing on the edge of the Barley Field in the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve.

Coot feeding a chick on West Park lake.

This is either the ones shown here, or here.

Several coot pairs living on the lake seem to have had breeding successes this year, but each just with a single chick.