David

One warm afternoon recently, the flowers on a pyracanthus bush were a magnet for bees. Two or three different insects are represented in this series.

Common growing in grass at this time of year – there are also more ornate garden varieties.

The flowers of this wayside weed are tiny. In this close-up the hooked hairs which make the plant sticky can be seen.

The whiteness of the petals is not an effect of a badly-exposed photo. That’s how the flower looked to the naked eye.

One of the largest mushroom species which can be seen locally, and quite common. These are fairly mature specimens. The roughness on the cap which gives the species its name is not always so pronounced.

Garden poppies pictured on a cloudy early morning after heavy overnight rain (above), and on a sunny midday (the opened blooms and the bud below).