The lone cygnet raised by the swan pair on West Park pool, now big enough to be independent. The shots with the somewhat smaller bird and the pen (female adult) were taken exactly one month before, when the parents were still very protective.
Earlier the parents had been even more protective.
The cygnet is now swimming alone or with the Canada geese, and there are no signs of the adult birds.
Heron which had decided there were too many people around the canal near Wighwick.
Berries on a buckthorn bush which was growing on a patch of rough ground by one of the roads on Wolverhampton Science Park.
Arrowhead leaf is a perrenial plant which grows in shallow waters, including in canals locally. It was originally native to north and central America.
Either I am noticing it more often, or it is spreading in the canals.
Hoverfly which was facing me as it rested on a nettle leaf.
Wild arum (lords and ladies) berries usually ripen from the top of the stem, often giving the plant a traffic light-style colour scheme.
This one was most unusual: all the berries were at the intermediate, yellow, stage at the same time.
Ladybird larva on a leaf in early morning sunshine.
The head of a teazle, with the seeds already ripening. The plant was bent over, giving a view as from above which would normally only be possible after considerable effort.
Two great crested grebe chicks swimming on the water of the fishing lake at Pool Hall. They were big enough to be on their own – the parents were nowhere in sight.
Carrion crow strutting boldly as it walks through short grass heading more or less in my direction.
The sun shining through a spider’s web anchored on twigs just above eye level made little rainbows where the light came through the filaments.
Bright red of ripening honeysuckle berries contrasting with the green of the climber’s foliage.
