Ladybirds: a couple of pictures of harlequin larvae have sneaked in there, but most are of native species. There are 2-spot, 7-spot and 14-spot.
Hare’s foot
Hare’s foot inkcaps, pale, growing among the leaf litter in the wooded area around the Old Nursery.
Plants: flowers and fruits
Another disparate set of pictures of plants seen on my daily exercise, the season now advanced so fruits are on some, flowers on others.
Up from the depths
Up from the depths, some of the big carp in the lake at West Park showing themselves near the surface again a while ago.
Small skipper, ragwort
Small skipper butteflies feeding on a patch of ragwort flowers
Nursery web spider close-ups
A nursery web spider on a leaf, from the size probably a female. I am now on the look-out for webs enclosing a hundred or so pin-head sized baby spiders.