Category: David

Red admiral butterflies, a species where the adult stage may still possibly be seen at this time of year. They come out to feed on warm, sunny days, heading for ivy which is at the height of its flowering season.

Bright red ripening crabapples on a tree at the back of Compton Lock. They look very tempting, but appearances are sometimes deceiving.

Buzzrd circling as is rises on a thermal behind the Toposcope, Baggereidge Country Park.

Two of a crop of roll-rim mushrooms growing on a front lawn.

Swan family: adult pair and one well-grown cygnet, heading away along the canal. They weren’t fleeing me, but a narrowboat leaving the Newbridge mooring.

Arion-species slug by the footpath across Compton Rough, red apart from the head which was black.