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.
Pair of swans with their three cygnets swimming by the boat landing stage on West Park lake, dipping their heads in the water for food.
UPDATE: since these pictures were taken on Thursday, the number of cygnets has fallen to two. Goslings and ducklings continue to have the same numbers as when I first spotted them. There are also at least three sets of coot chicks, with at least eleven chicks altogether.
Robin with territory by the small pool in Bantock Park. Here it was looking for food in a patch of short grass, and watching over its shoulder to keep a wary eye on me.
Wild arums growing in a small wood by the Wolverhampton to Bridgnorth road. When these pictures were taken the spathes (large, leaf-like structure) were just beginning to unwrap themselves from the spadix (spike the flowers grow from) of each plant.
Pair of adult mallards on the shore of West Park’s boating lake with four five young ducklings snoozing in the sun. The drake looking very proprietorial was the first time I’ve ever seen a male duck with the young. Normally, their parental contribution ends once the eggs have been laid.
Hungry, or at least steadily eating horse in a field on the far side of the canal at Castlecroft.