Growing fast, and mostly moving fast as they swam across West Park lake, some of this year’s coot chicks.
Two types of umbellifers
Two of the many, many different types of umbellifers which can be found growing wild. These were both by the Severn in Shrewsbury recently.
Yellow and black: sun fly
Sun fly, one of the commoner hoverflies, resting on a leaf.
Yellow: laburnum flowers
Flowers hanging down from the lowest branch of its tree.
Greylag gosling, growing fast
One of this year’s West Park greylag goslings feeding alongside one of its parents (the other goslings and adults were all nearby).
In just a few short weeks it’s grown from a fluffy little bundle of down to reach adult size or thereabouts.
Greens: developing filberts
Filberts, otherwise known as cobnuts or hazelnuts, just beginning to develop. Come autumn, they are destined to be eated before they fully ripen: this is grey squirrel territory.