Butterfly numbers are falling, but there seem to have been a lot of red admirals about this autumn. This set includes individuals attracted to a late-flowering buddleia bush in a front garden, and a rather battered looking butterfly on flowers on some type of exotic bush in West Park.
The first storm of the autumn brought down lots of tree branches, though there seemed to be few in the parts of West Park I visited early the next morning. This was the view looking across the boating lake towards the direction the sun was due to rise some minutes later.
More of the traditional breeds livestock from Mary Arden’s Farm in Wilmcote – contented seeming sheep and goats on a sunny autumn morning.
Berries at different stages of ripening on a honeysuckle, and one of the flowers still on the plant on the same day recently.
This has been a good year for privet berries – a small selection here at different stages of ripening.
Long-tailed tits in semi-silhouette, one of a small group which carried on flitting about in the tree even when I was standing directly underneath.