One of the five remaining cygnets from this year’s swan brood at West Park. This one always seems to be off on its own, instead of hanging out with its siblings and one or both parents. At least, I’m presuming it’s the same bird every time.
Cinquefoil flowers with insects
A cinquefoil bush in flower, by the lake in West Park, attracting a lot of insects. Featured here are a greenbottle fly, hoverfly and bee.
Tufted ducks passing, preening
Two tufted ducks passing by as they swim across West Park lake, occasionally preening as they go. Perhaps a pair, with the male still in eclipse plumage.
Crane fly on a leaf, West Park
Crane fly (a.k.a. daddy long legs) resting on a leaf one one of the bushes in West Park, warming itself in the morning sun.
Stonechat over a gorse bush, Malvern slopes
Male stonechat (towards the centre of each picture) on a vantage point on a tall stalk rising above a gorse bush on the slopes of the Malvern Hills. A female can also just about be made out towards the left in the first image.
Lone stinkhorn, Himley Plantation
Lone common stinkhorn fungus growing in Himley Plantation. A small dryad’s saddle bracket fungus can also be seen with the fruiting body just beginning to emerge from the trunk of the nearby tree.