David

These two teazel flowers were on the same plant. The pictures were taken at the same time, a month ago.

The flowers on the end of the runner bean branch are open or yet to open. Further down, one has already shrivelled, and, right at the lower left, another has already begun to turn into a pod.

A Small Blue butterfly settled to eat on a thistle flower in the middle of a bramble patch in the field behind Compton lock a few days ago.

I couldn’t get to a position with a better angle because of the brambles, and there was a hoverfly which was feeding on the same flower, in front of the butterfly.

The blusher is a toadstool which gets its name because it turns a delicate pink when it is bruised or aging.

These were part of a group growing on the lawn of a block of flats on Compton Road at the end of last month. The species can be visible any time from late summer well into the autumn.

This nettle was part of a small patch where all the uppermost leaves were a much paler shade of green than the rest of the plant.

There have been kestrels living on Union Mill, visible from the platforms of the railway station for a long time. But it seemed that whenever I took my camera to try to get a picture, they decided to spend the day somewhere else.

Finally I saw one when I did have a camera. It did eventually move into a position where it was showing itself just before my train was due to go. This was after it had spend some time with its back directly pointing at the station (final picture).