David

Peacocks in the grounds of Warwick Castle. I didn’t notice any peahens on our wanderings.

Group of Canada geese flying in and landing on the water of the boating lake at West Park.

Common earthballs in a front garden. One pair appeared as normal.

The other pair had split apart to show the gleba (spore-bearing mass) inside.

Wasp stripping wood from the handrail of the bridge across the Compton Park pool. Used to make paper for its nest.

West Park heron on one of the favoured perching spots, a fallen trunk stretching over the water.

As it twisted to preen, it seemed to be imitating Anne Boleyn’s ghost (Stanley Holloway monologue version)

Cluster of sweet chestnuts, ripening on a tree in Bantock Park, had attracted a ladybird and a greenbottle fly.