Wolves Wild

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These blackberries were showing the colours of every stage in the ripening process: from greens, through reds to the rich blue-black.

This plant was growing by a roadside near Lower Penn.

These haws looked like they were already completely ripe – pictured a week ago.

This spider’s web was very obvious when the sun caught it against a shadowed background.

This one was less noticeable. It stretched across a rabbit hole, presumably currently unoccupied. It was in a deep shadow, but made more visible because it had caught some sand which had fallen on it.

This clump of ragwort was proving very attractive to insects early in August. A cinnabar moth caterpillar is near to the ragged white butterfly (above) while the hoverfly (below) came along a minute or so later.

Looking down Darlington Street from Queens Square towards Chapel Ash, it almost looks like the former church is rising through a wood.

Keeping this illusion with a closer view meant a very careful choice of where to frame the picture.