Category: David

Red body on a green leaf: cardinal beetles don’t go in for camouflage by protective colouration.

Stills of the same pair of swans and their dance performance on the River Avon at Stratford which featured in yesterday’s video. I was photographing the swans for about four minutes, but they were already well in to their act before I arrived, and look set to carry on well after I left.

Irises, petals still splashed with drops of water after recent rain. Planted up against the wall of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust property New Place, Stratford on Avon, so that the flowers are enhanced by the contrasts in colour and texture with the old bricks of the house.

Pair of swans performing a complex dance, co-ordinating their actions while swimming on the Avon at Stratford.

Quite likely the dance ended with the pair mating, but I didn’t hang around to see if that happened.

Arapawa goats, one of the world’s rarest of rare breeds, at Mary Arden’s Farm. Things seem to be arranged that there in a new kid every year, confident that its role in life is to lie in the sun looking cute.

Coot’s nest with two chicks: seen on two consecutive days. The first day, only one chick visible. The other might not have hatched yet, might be hidden under the parent bird. Next day two sets of red on the faces of two chicks can be seen, most clearly in the final picture.