Cowboy redhead fungus (Exobasidium vaccinii) growing on an azalia in a front garden. A few of the reddened leaves on the azalia can be seen in the backgrounds.
UPDATE: more likely to be the related fungus, an Alpine rose apple (Exobasidium rhododendri).
Red admiral butterfly resting on a pile of wood chips by the side of the canal footpath near Aldersley Junction. Its wings were spread to catch as much sun as possible as it warmed itself up for the day.
Figwort plant, very tall and slender, just coming into flower. Growing all along the very edge of the canal bank, this one very near the water bridge.
The same young heron as in yesterday’s post, a couple of minutes later. Somthing on the footpath side of the canal disturbed it, so it took off for a secluded spot.
Close up of one flower tube on a foxglove.
Young heron by the canal near Tunstall Water Bridge, concentrati9ng, fishing.