Meadow pipit standing in short grass just below the main track which runs just below the top of the ridge of the Malvern Hills.
Malvern dawn
Malvern dawn, looking across the Vale of Evesham, with the sun rising over the Cotswolds. Pictures from two consecutive mornings at the start of the month.
Bending with the wind
Lone tree growing high on the Malvern Hills, its trunk at an angle from bending with the prevailing westerly wind.
Along the Malvern ridge
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.
Emerald damselfly resting, wafting, Baggeridge
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.
Mast ripening
Mast – beech nuts with their spiky outer covering – ripening, here on a tree in Compton Park.