David

Coot chick being fed by a parent, then heading off for a brief show of independence before demanding more food.

Delicate umbellifer flowering. There is a fly near the centre of the picture.

Large garden poppy flower just about to open, after overnight rain.

West Park squirrel which has nabbed a large chunk of bread someone had put out for the birds, and thought I wanted to take it.

Male common blue damselflies resting on leaves by the pond on the Marsh Lane reserve at Hampton in Arden.

The females are green rather than blue.

A litter of piglets under shelter at Northycote Farm. Pictured here when only recently born.

The other sow’s litter are somewhat older, and have been out in the open air for some time. Earlier pictures of them, too.