Keeping cool and hydrated is important while we have a heatwave. The same goes for frogs, like this young one partly submerged in the water of a bird bath.
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Garden butterflies – comma sunning
Comma butterflies, resting on leaves or on a garden table on sunny days. Displaying themselves in a prominent position to try to attract members of the opposite sex.
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Lone red cracking bolete on a lawn
One lone large mushroom, a red cracking bolete, growing on the lawn in front of a block of flats.
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Garden butterflies: small whites
More butterflies attracted to a graden by buddleia flowers – this time small whites.
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Pavement fungi – palomino cups
Palomino cup fungi, clustering tightly together. They had forced their way up through the joint between the pavement and a garden wall.
On sunny days, buddleia (aka butterfly bush) flowers are a magnet of lots of insects, not just butterflies.
While they are there, they are often so intent on feeding that they allow a closer approach that normal, as did these red admirals.