Category: David

Branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum) on the edge of Old Nursery Pond. Some seed developing, while other flowers still going strong, still attracting insects.

Sloes, now almost ripe. It looks like the crop will be a good one this year.

Tiny spider, genus Metellina in the centre of its web. The web was catching the sun, lighting threads in rainbow colours.

Lurid boletes have been the large mushroom as summer begins to give way to autumn this year. This pair were growing together on a front lawn.

Minute pirate bug (genus Anthocoris) -species in this grouping sometimes called flower bugs instead. This one was resting on a hazel leaf.

Views of a single fruiting body of a white cheese polypore (Tyromyces chioneus) growing on a fallen branch by the side of the Railway Walk near Compton.