David

Even in the city centre there is rough ground where weeds can grow – here by the canal towpath.

These pictures show the catkins, and also the complexity in the colouration of the leaves.

This may be the 14-spot ladybird, Calvia quattuordecimguttata.

Whatever its species, it is not one I remember ever noticing before.

This spider’s web was catching pollen from the hawthorns as well as other detritus.

This tiny fly was resting on the edge of a buttercup flower.

The raised areas on this leaf are galls, caused by the depredations of some tiny insect.