Yellow flag iris flowers on the pond at Compton Park. The bee in the first picture was emerging backwards from the flower.
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Flag iris (and one bee)
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Snail group
A gathering of snails clinging together to a fence post by one of the stiles giving access to the Smestow Valley LNR’s Railway Walk.
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Poppy, second flower
The petals had now fallen from the first flower on this garden poppy. The developing seed head can be seen rising above this second flower in one of the pictures.
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Hare’s foot inkcap on wood chip mulch
This year’s dry spring has meant there have been very few mushrooms so far. From way back in 2010. here are some hare’s foot inkcaps. The only times I’ve ever seen them in the west midlands, they have been growing on wood chip mulch.
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Poppy, first flower
A garden poppy, which has self-seeded itself in what is technically inside, forcing its way up through a gap between two flagstones. This was its first flower of the year.
No problem spotting this orange tip butterfly picture in these close-up pictures. When I looked at the actual Jack by the hedge plant, the caterpillar was a lot harder to spot. Does its camouflage have the same effect on insectivorous birds with hungry nestlings?