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Bee orchids, the flowers mimicking the insects they attract to pollinate them, growing earlier today in the Wren’s Nest, the national nature reserve in the heart of the Black Country.

Red-headed cardinal beetle sunbathing on a leaf. They are quite fond of sunbathing. When they are doing it, the contrast between their red colour and the green of the leaves they are on makes them easy to spot.

Ducklings, some onlly recently hatched, on outings on or beside the canal at different points between Newbridge and the Water Bridge. Three different broods each out with the mother mallard on the same morning earlier this month.

Starling on a daisy-studded patch of the lawns in West Park, prowling around looking for prey.

Water mint, the stem and leaves emerging from shallow water of the pool in Compton Park.

Male broad-bodied chaser dragonfly at rest on the end of a leaf over Compton Park pool yesterday. The males of this species get a territory near water. They take a short spell perching on a look-out post, as here. Then they take off. They fly on patrol round their territory. They look for any intruding males, which will be seen off, and also for a female. Then they come back to land on their observation post, and the cycle runs again.