Views from along the ridge of the Malverns: some looking along the ridge on the slopes leading to Worcestershire Beacon, others looking westwards towards Wales, or east over the Vale of Evesham and the scarp slope of the Cotswolds.
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Emerald damselfly resting on a leaf over a small pool, contorting its abdomen to spread the pheromones it is wafting to attract a mate. Baggeridge Country Park at the end of last month.
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Mast ripening
Mast – beech nuts with their spiky outer covering – ripening, here on a tree in Compton Park.
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Teazle seed heads, resting bee
Teazle seed heads on one of the plants by the Compton Park pool, topped by a lone resting bee.
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Boletes, Finchfield Green
Boletes growing on Finchfield Green (the grassy area in front of the shops).
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Female goosander drinking, preening
Female goosander drinking from the Severn just upstream from Bylet island at Bridgnorth, and a little later on the gravel nearby, preening.