Wolves Wild

Male common blue damselflies resting on leaves by the pond on the Marsh Lane reserve at Hampton in Arden.

The females are green rather than blue.

A litter of piglets under shelter at Northycote Farm. Pictured here when only recently born.

The other sow’s litter are somewhat older, and have been out in the open air for some time. Earlier pictures of them, too.

Bluebells in one of the small woods on the footpath between Berkswell and Hampton in Arden.

Heron making itself inconspicuous in an overgrown ditch near the lake at Berkswell.

Bumble bee which was systematically visiting every flower on a comfrey plant.

Perch swimming in the middle of Town Pool at Badger.

Looking into the edge of a field of barley which is just beginning to ripen.

Tiny water snail crawling along a leaf of a reed in a stream.

The sound of vigorous thrashing in a shallow, reedy corner of Pool Hall water proved to be the result of some of the carp mating.

There were several fish, though I couldn’t count how many.

Swallow taking a rest from catching insects, watching the world from the line crossing the yard at Northycote Farm.

Pair of buzzards in a cornfield near Berkswell. The larger bird, on the left, is probably the female.

Fly and a (much smaller) bug, both standing on the same nettle leaf.