Category: David

Hedge woundwort growing by the edge of the canal, just beginning to flower.

A mass of stonecrop flowers, possibly tasteless stonecrop, growing all along the edge of a car park.

Whirlygig beetles zooming over the surface of a pool in Baggeridge Country park, sending out circles of ripples which mark their presence.

Whenever I visit Baggeridge Country Park, I can’t resist taking pictures of whichever of the Bagot goats are visible on Toposcope Hill – they’re kept there to control the scrub.

This was mid-morning, but already sweltering. Only one goat in sight, stretched out in the sun.

A big mature monkey puzzle tree, in a front garden on Oxbarn Avenue. I think these are male flowers, a mass of spiky stamens. Coming to the end of having done their task for the year, they were all now turning brown.

Damselfly mating looks like it could have been the inspiration for whoever developed the method for planes to refuel in flight. These azure damselflies were over a pool in Baggeridge Country Park recently.