Garden chafer deep in a flower on a rose bush.on a petal it was systematically eating. One picture shows the beetle half-hidden by the petals towards the centre of the flower. In the other shots, these petals have been held back to let full light fall on the chafer, showing its stunning colours and the depredation it had made on the petal.
Another visit to West Park, another view of the greylag goose parents very protective of their lone gosling, which this time was feeding on a grassed patch near the bridge.
Azure damselflies resting on vegetation. Pictures taken earlier this month.
The West Park cygnets with their parents. Pictures taken at the start of the month – I’ve just noticed I didn’t get round to posting them.
Recent plant pictures. The only thing they really have in common is a similar aspect ratio to the pictures.
Female thick-legged flower beetle on a rose flower in the Barley Field. Unlike the males of the species (post below) she does not have the thick legs which give them their name.