Yellow fieldcap mushrooms, which seem to be popping up all over the place this summer. The yellow of the caps is very strong when they first emerge, but fades as the caps widen. These were on a pile of wood chippings in Bantock Park.
Not missing a morsel
One of the West Park magpies, concentrating totally on the task, searching for morsels to eat among the short grass.
Marmalade hover flies galore
Marmalade hover flies, they’re tiny. When seen close to, their most obvious feature, at least to me, is bright red eyes which look disproportionately large. There’s been a lot of them about this month.
Heron on recumbent willow, West Park
Heron on one of the favoured perches on the West Park lake, a fallen but still growing willow coming over the water from one of the islands. The water’s colour is because something has been added to prevent algal bloom.
Speckled wood, resting
Speckled wood butterfly resting on a leaf as it warmed itself in morning sunlight.
Pellucid hover fly on a bay leaf
A pellucid hoverfly (Volucella pellucens), one of the larger hoverflies. Normally a woodland species, but occasionally found in gardens. This one was on a leaf on a bay tree, where it might have slept overnight.