Caterpillar crossing tarmac

Caterpillar crossing tarmac

Small caterpillar crossing a tarmac pavement, heading in the direcction of a busy main road. From the size, it was some species of small moth: iNaturalist image-matching suggest possibly the brick (Sunira circellaris).

Forceful coltsfoots

Forceful coltsfoots

Every spring, coltsfoots proliferate in a tarmac-covered front garden. At some point they must have forced their way through the tarmac to get to the open air.

Blue: alkanet flowers

Blue: alkanet flowers

Flowers beginning to open on blue alkanets – these growing by a canalside footpath. These tiny blue flowers have a very long flowering season.