Lone poppy flowering by the brickwork of the bridge over the canal at Dimmingsdale, the first wild poppy I noticed this year.
Feeding time: female blackbird, Bantock Park
Bantock Park: a female blackbird searching through short grass for worms or other food to take back for young on the nest.
Baggeridge goat on a hot, hot day
One of the scrub control goats at Baggeridge Country Park. By mid-morning it was already very hot, and the goats main aim was to find some shade.
Froglet on birdbath rim
Young frog finding a shady spot by water to cool itself on a hot, sunny day. Small, but probably too big to have been one of this year’s tadpoles.
Greenfly on a broom flower
Another unwelcome insect garden visotor, some type of greenfly. It was at least on its own, and seemed just to be resting on the broom flower.
Gosling feeding frenzy
Goslings enthusiastically eating vegetation at the side of the canal and preening. At Dimmingsdale as the Canada goose parents watched from nearby.