Wolves Wild

The distinctive flower of a horse chestnut tree.

This is probably a field mushroom, though it is hard to be sure because only the top of the cap was visible.

It was growing through the gap in the pavement left for one of the trees which line Tettenhall Road.

A fly feeding on an early buttercup in mid May. The head and body of the fly are flecked with bright yellow pollen.

This hawthorn blossom was coming out, in line with its alternative name, precisely in the middle of May.

The heron’s legs are almost submerged in the canal here as it surveys the water for fish. This position emphasises the length of its body.

The pale pink colour of the flowers indicates that this was a hybrid of the Red and White species.