Category: David

A rosebay willowherb, this one on Gospel End Common, at the stage where the last of the flowers had almost gone.

Meadow brown butterfly resting half-hidden on a grass stem, getting warm before it took proper flight for the day.

Russula mushroom growing through the leaf litter in Himley Plantation, the cap well nibbled by some hungry creature. Several russula species have similar greyish colours to their caps – this was most likely one of the commoner types.

Seed heads on a ragwort, the seeds ripening before they are spread by the wind. This ensures the seeds can be dispersed widely.

Grey spotted amanita mushrooms: the fruiting bodies come up regularly in late summer on a grassy area beside the Bridgnorth Road on the edge of Wombourne.

Common darter dragonfly taking one of its regular pauses between bouts of patrolling its territory, ready to chase off encroaching males or try to attract passing females.

This one landed right by my fee to rest on the decking by the pool at Compton Park. Two, and sometimes three of these males have been claiming territory on different parts of the open water near this decking, and regularly coming to take pauses on the wood in the afternoon sun.