Category: David

A tortoiseshell butterfly feeding on thistle flowers. It looks more dowdy when the wings are closed to reveal their under sides (middle picture).

According to the plaque the boulder is rhyolitic lava from north Wales, brought to the midlands on the Ice Age glaciers. It was found in Fullbrook and raised in its current position by the main lake in the Arboretum in 1925.

This young coot was just beginning to develop the white bald patch on its forehead.

Mountain ash berries stand out because of their vivid colour.

A bee’s colouration very rarely works as camouflage. It almost did here.

More from the West Park stock of cacti. These are not the plants on public display in the Conservatory.