Wolves Wild

Comma butterfly gorging on ripe damsons which have fallen from the tree.

Wellcombe Hills, a local nature reserve just a short walk from Stratford on Avon town centre. We took shelter in a small stand of mixed trees when there was a brief shower. This selection of different mushroom species were in the grass under the trees – most of them species I’d never seen before.

Female common darter dragonfly. resting on a lichen-covered stone bench by the River Avon, just upstream from Stratford.

A pub breakfast (outdoor table) attracted eating companions: a robin and a couple of house sparrows.

Spindle tree fruit, beginning to turn from green to red, but still not quite ripe yet. These were on a tree opposite Cupcake Lane, the former Tettenhall station on the Railway Walk.

Tufted duck, river Avon at Stratford, caught in the middle of its power dive.