Category: David

The new season’s keys are beginning to ripen on ash trees.

Yet another weed with a beautiful flower.

Speckled woods like shady gardens, which give a similar environment to their original preferred setting, sunny glades in woodland.

The males settle on a bright sunlit patch and spread their wings to display themselves, to deter other males from intrusion while trying to attract females. White plastic garden furniture can give favourite posing positions.

The butterflies are much less conspicuous when they perch with their wings folded together.

The growing tip of a nettle.

This bean plant had so many aphids it was an abundant food source for many native ladybirds (above).

On the same plant there were also several harlequin ladybirds.

This year the flowers of the lime trees seem to have been producing even more pollen than usual.