Elderberries, unripe and just beginning to ripen. Two bunches; one still bright green, the other with the green fading and starting to redden. They were on shadier and more sunlit sides of the same bush.
Common blue butterfly resting on grass leaf
Common blue butterfly which landed just a couple of yards from me, resting on a grass leaf by the bridle path near Pool Hall fishing pool.
Crowd of teazles, Compton Park
Crowd of teazles on the ever more burgeoning plants growing near the edge of the wetland area in Compton Park.
Hawker dragonfly, Compton
Hawker dragonfly patrolling its territory, a stretch of the canal at Compton. A pair of swans by the far bank seem to have been preening together every one of the several times I visited that area recently.
Moorhens with young young, Packhorse Bridge LNR
Pair of moorhens with young looking chicks, perhaps hatched earlier that day, on the main pond at the Packhorse Bridge LNR, Hampton in Arden.
Garden butterflies
Butterflies, visitors to a garden at various times over a couple of sunny July days, mostly attracted to feed on buddleia flowers.