Wolves Wild

Female common blue damselflies are much less conspicuously coloured than the male (previous post). Females which are better camouflaged than their male counterparts are common in much of the animal kingdom, less so among mammals.

Common blue damselfly males seem to be the damselflies most likely to be seen around here (the females are much less conspicuous).

These were near various different bodies of water in the West Midlands.

There are usually several to be spotted in the places where they are found. The first time I saw them at the Compton Park pool this year, there were at least three hundred, probably newly emerged, as the numbers were in the tens by the following day.

Snails clustering together on the reverse of one of the boards marking an entrance of the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve.

Thistle flowers, buds just on the point of opening, clustered thickly at the top of the plant.

Pigeon walking through, and drinking from, the water of a large puddle on one of the paths in West Park.

Greater knapweed growing in the woldflower area of Bantock Park recently.