Wolves Wild

The stumpy tail feathers show this magpie was young, possibly not that long fledged.. It was on the ground of the barley Field, showing no signs of concern even though several dogs were running off the lead mearby.

Marguerite daisy, beginning to droop, with a visiting potato mirid. There’s a clearer view of the insect in the cropped version of the image.

Blurush flowers, on the pool at Compton Park, seen ver several days as they developed.

The last of this year’s goslings to hatch at West Park, a greylag, now getting quite big, still getting the sole attention of its protective parents.

Here it was goose-stepping across one of the paths to feed in a patch of short grass, and swimming near the shore.

Common red soldier beetles – it’s now about the peak of the season for them, so they could be found on just about any flower, especially on warm days. Yhese were all on umbellifers on the Barley Field.

Big set of a tortoiseshell butterfly feeding on a Bantock Park thistle flower.

The insect spent a long time feeding on the flower. There wasn’t much else happening, so I kept on taking pictures of it eating. As it ate, it was constantly dancing around, shifting position.

I don’t know whether this was prompted by the other insects (a caterpillar and a beetle) also on the thistle. I didn’t notice these at the time – they only appear in a couple of the pictures.