Category: David

Gatekeeper butterfly resting on stems of the drying grasses on the Barley Field, warming itself in the midday sun.

Family of swans – adults and six still fairly young cygnets – swimming on the canal between the Meccano Bridge and Newbridge recently.

Common darter dragonfly flying over the decking by Compton Park pool earlier this month.

Now a regular visitor to the Compton Park pool in high summer, a male common darter dragonfly resting on the decking and on old reed leaves in the midday sun.

Crab apples ripening, yellows turning to red against the green of the leaves. These were one one of the apple trees at the back of Compton Lock.

Yet another visit to the ragwort plant in the corner of the Barley Field. This time, three days after the previous view, more than thirty cinnabar moth caterpillars were visible, now showing much clearer because they had eaten almost all the foliage and flowers on the plant.