Wolves Wild

Dock seeds just beginning to turn a red which will get richer later, but already giving a colour contrast with the foliage behind.

Wild strawberries, one bright red and well on the way to ripening; another pale green, not yet swollen to full size.

Common red soldier beetles, also called the bloodsuckers (actually they are purely vegetarian) seem to have been particularly noticeable this year.

Quite often it’s because they have been mating.

Crab apples ripening on one of the trees growing by the canal at Compton Rough

Yellowhammer on the highest twig of the hawthorn bush by the canal next to Castlecroft Bridge.

It (probably he) was sending a message to a rival yellowhammer which was also singing nearby.

Tiny caterpillar hurrying along on the upper surface of a nettle leaf.

Self-heal, further along than in the previous post. The seeds are now beginning to develop from the fertilized flowers.

Self-heal, common summer meadow flowers, often easily overlooked because they are dwarfed by the surrounding grasses.

Beetle with forking antennae climbing down the leaf of a reed on the edge of the river Worfe.

Moorhen adult and a chick grown to the same size, still in juvenile plumage, both on the nest by the canal at Castlecroft.

Flower of an ox-eye daisy, the tallest British daisy, common in wildflower meadows rising above the grasses.

Artichoke head ripening on the top of its tall stem.