Wolves Wild

Tortoiseshell butterfly spreading its wings in the mid-morning sun, resting on a canalside nettle; getting itself warm to recharge its batteries.

White campion flowers. One plant was growing at a roadside near Himley. The close-up pictures are of flowers in a mixed sewn wildflower bed by the Ranger’s hut at Baggeridge Country Park.

Young male beautiful demoiselle damselfly resting on a leaf by the canal near the Wildside Activity Centre.

Two adult male beautiful demoiselle damselflies, taking a pause from flying to patrol their territories along the canal between Compton and Wightwick.

Bee visiting one of the geum (avens) flowers in the Sensory Garden at Northycote Farm.

One of the orchids growing in the Smestow Valley LNR. The flowering over, the seeds have begun to develop.