Category: David

Flag iris in flower attracting a bumblebee on the edge of the pond at Northycote Farm.

Large spider crossing a footpath, moving quickly on its long legs.

Hornet hoverfly, taking to the extreme the tactic of mimicking of a more dangerous insect by resembling a hornet. This one looked huge resting on a nettle leaf.

Nuthatch on trunk of a willow tree growing beside the Severn at Bridgnorth.

Large red damselfly and a common blue damselfly, both seen resting on bulrush leaves at the edge of Compton park pool on the same day. Both insects are males.

When I saw them, there were perhaps half a dozen of the blues flying around, but just the one red pictured here.

Young rabbits out sunning themselves one morning on Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote. One of them periodically had bouts of leaping high.