Wolves Wild

Three different large red damselfly females which were settled at rest in a garden, just before the middle of May.

Second view of the swan family on West Park lake. They were some way out on the water. I could only see five of the six cygents I had counted the day before, and feared they had already lost one. A closer view of the photos shows five cygnets on the water, and the sixth riding in comfort on its mother’s back.

Honesty flowers with a male orange tip butterfly butterfly feeding on the nectar.

Heron, probably the same young bird which has been haunting the canal and vicinity at points between Castlecroft and Aldersley. This time it was on the towpath, watching intently where the water of the overflow weir at Wightwick Lock joined the bottom pound. It stayed for some time, never getting to the point of pouncing. Then two Canada geese landed heavily on the water yards from it, and set it flying for a quieter spot.

White petals from a crowd of hawthorn flowers and a last few unopened flower buds.

West Park greylag goose family with the oldest of goslings having a change of scene so the young birds were spending their time eating the short grass in the beds near the Villiers statue.