Category: David

Catkins (male flowers) dangling in a mass from an oak overhanging the path round the perimeter of Bantock park.

Mushroom pair standing all on its own, on the dge of the wooded area in Fowlers Park.

West Park’s two pairs of breeding greylag geese, swimming across the boating lake in convoy. They were heading for a fresh patch of grass to feed up the goslings.

Male blackbird on recntly-mown short grass at the edge of Bantock Park’s Pitch and Putt area, prowling after food.

Kingcups (also known as marsh marigolds) on the edge of the pool at Bantock Park.

Common blue damselfly, one of two which were sparring with each other this lunchtime over Compton Park pond. There was another of the same species by the canal near Meccano Bridge, where there was also a quick glimpse of a pair of another species, mating in flight: they might have been small red damselflies.