Two common darter dragonflies, one female, the other male, resting on the handrail of the footbridge across the pool at Compton Park.
Virginia creeper, autumn, Wightwick Lock
Virginia creeper, turning to autumn colours. This one growing up the wall of the former lock-keepers cottage at Wightwick Lock.
Meal for two: tortoiseshell, buddleia
Meal for two: a couple of tortoiseshell butterflies close together, feeding on the last flowers of a garden buddleia.
Heavy haw harvest
Heavy harvest of ripening haws, in many hedgerows at the moment before birds eat them.
Cones dangling, ripening, West Park
Ripening cones dangling from a conifer by the West Park bandstand
Clinging on: hoverfly, evening primrose flower
Clinging on to the outside of a petal of an evening primrose flower, a hoverfly. Perhaps still in the spot it had chosen to stay overnight, waiting for the morning sun to warm it up enough to power up for the day.