David

A patch of ragwort flowers was attracting lots of bumble bees. Pictured here are a red-tailed bumble bee and a buff-tailed bumble bee.

Gatekeeper butterfly resting on a leaf. Like most gatekeepers, it was in a spot on the margins between a wooded area (often just a hedge) and more open vegetation.

Lords and ladies (wild arum) berries glistening, bright and shiny, changing colours in their last stages of ripening at the start of the month.

Two carrion crows in Compton Park. One, this year’s bird, the other one of the parents. The youngster tried, but failed, to cadge some food from the adult.

Rushes on Compton Park pool, with their seeds forming a small cluster at the top of the tall, thin stems.

A moorhen parent, probably the mother, steps across the lily pads on Old Nursery Pond, leading four late-brood chicks towards the shelter of the more densely vegetated side.