Wolves Wild

A lime hawk moth clinging to a wall by Compton Road, under one of the lime trees lining the road.

The level crossing, the short path connecting the Barley Field to the Railway Walk in the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve, is very shady. Flowers there are later than elsewhere nearby.

Bluebells were just starting to appear at the end of April, when those nearby were at their peak.

They were fully out mid-May, as the other blooms were fading.

Three of the bee species which visited a garden one sunny day recently. These were the ones I managed to get pictures of: at least as many species managed to evade the camera.

Cow parsley flowering. Could be growing on just about any patch of open, uncultivated ground at the moment, though these were all at different spots in the Smestow Valley.

Female orange tip butterfly spent over a complete day during wet and windy weather clinging tightly on t the flowers of a jack by the hedge plant. During this time, there was some very slight movement showing the insect was still alive. The next morning, it was gone.

Sedges growing by the canal, with their dark flowers. All along the canal – these were opposite the Wildside Centre.