David

Colour matching between a bee’s livery and the flowers of a buddleia growing wild near Compton Lock.

Unidentified insect resting on the leaf of a hawthorn bush.

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.