Bee on a lavender flower

Bee on a lavender flower

Bee with pollen on its back hairs as it gathers nectar from the lavender patch in the little park opposite Broad Street Basin

Spiderlet nursery

Spider nursery

The tiny dots in this web show, on close viewing, as tiny, newly emerged spiderlets. Their species is the nursery spider

Spider nursery

Beautiful demoiselle on a leaf

Beautiful demoiselle on a leaf

Female beautiful demoiselle damselfly resting on a leaf by the river Worfe.

Beautiful demoiselle on a leaf

In many lights, the female’s dominant colour is emerald green.

Dunnock preening

Dunnock preening

Dunnock sitting on a fence post, taking care of its feathers in a sunny spot.