Water lily pads on the surface of Old Nursery Pond, dark red because they were still pumped full of growth hormone. The hormone is already being re-absorbed. The leaves will have turned green well before the white flowers develop.
Hunting among the daisies: magpie, West Park
One of the West Park magpies hunting for worms – in one picture is puts its head on one side to listen for them – on a daidsy-covered lawn near the bandstand.
Wisteria in full flower
A wisteria outside the front of a house, covered in flowers.
When the turtle’s away (coot chicks)
A cool, overcast day with spells of heavy rain. The West Park turtle not coming out to lounge on its usual log. Instead, a coot family with a nest nearby using the log as a preening perch. The chicks were two and a half weeks old at this point.
Sow thistle with Byturus genus beetles
Gathering of Byturus genus beetles around the centre of a flower of a perrenial sow thistle flower in Old Nursery Wood. The hadful of species in this genus look very similar, They are known as fruitworm beetles, the larvae of some of the species in the genus infesting fruit.
Scarlet tiger moth caterpillar, alkanet plant
Caterpillar, a scarlet tiger moth, on the top of an alkanet plant. In a garden which was visited by an adult moth last summer.