David

These flag iris seeds were by the pond on Northycote Farm recently.

Despite being spotted on an ivy leaf, this may be a hawthorn shield bug.

One of the last plants of the year to flower, and a magnet for insects on warm autumn days: an ivy beginning to flower (above) and just about to do so (below).

These views were taken about a week later than the previously posted pictures of some of the West Park Japanese acers. In that short time, the leaf colours had developed rapidly.

As a follow-up to the pictures of the chicken of the woods fungus growing by Wolverhampton ring road
posted earlier this month, here is another on a tree at the side of the Birmingham New Road, just by the junction with the Black Country Route.

On warm autumn days, ivy flowers attract many insects to feed on them, including these wasps.