Bryony berries beginning to ripen (above) and an image in shades of green (below).
Thistledown
Moorhen and half grown chick
Moorhens are normally the most timid of the local waterbirds. Those living on our canals prefer to keep the width of the water between themselves and walkers.
The adult bird here was the first I ever remember swimming towards me as I came down the tow path.
It became clear that the bird was still feeding four well-grown chicks. This task is normally shared by the adult pair, but there was no sign of a second adult here.
The birds were right by Newbridge, and were probably used to getting a share of the bread brought for the resident ducks.
A group of half a dozen ducks were indeed lurking nearby, though they seemed to have a better sense that I wasn’t going to feed them.
Reed seed head with a spider’s web
Sloe just beginning to ripen
Caught in a web
Dragonfly resting
A dragonfly pauses from its hunting of smaller insects flying over the pool in the garden at Wightwick Manor.
This picture was taken in September 2009, when there was free entry to the property over the Heritage Open Day weekend.
The photo is one of the illustrations to my article in the current edition of Wolverhampton Magazine.
Toadstool growing on wood chippings
Small shaggy parasol with a fly
Courgette flower
Heavily-laden bee
Magpie on a lawn
A magpie which spent some time feeding on someone’s front lawn on Tettenall Road.
One picture from its performance has already featured here.