Summer duckling at the biord feeding area by the bridge at Bridgnorth. There was no sign of any siblings around. There were, as usual, several female mallards. But none of them seemed to be showing any signs of interest in this young one.
Painted lady feeding, resting
Painted lady butterfly feeding on buddleia flowers, then resting on the leaf of an alkanet.
Rabbit peeping out, Mary Arden’s Farm
Young rabbit peeping out at me through the leaves on the lowest branch of a tree in the woodland at the back edge of Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote.
Summer fungi. Himley Plantation
Summer fungi spotted on a late-August visit to Himley Plantation after a period where there had been bouts of heavy rain to stimulate fungal growth.
Baggeridge bagot goats
Baggeridge Country Park: the bagot goats busy with their task of clearing the scrub on the slopes of Periscope Hill.
Feeding time: young moorhens, Compton
On the canal at Compton, a late summer brood of young moorhens being fed short pieces of water weed by one of the parents.