Wildlife from Wolverhampton and nearby
Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea) dragonfly at rest on one of the trees by the Breadwalk at Ludford. This species seems to be more likely to be found away from the immediate vicinity of water than other types of dragonfly, and more likely to tolerate someone standing near to where they are resting.
Plums on the same branch ripening at different rates. Growing in the orchard at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery.
It’s been a good year for lords and ladies (wild arum) with lots of berries ripeing. A patch of the plants were growing in small groups at the end of Coppice Lane, Tettenhall.
Shades of green in these monkey puzzle flowers at the end of a branch on a tree by Codsall railway station.
Heron looking alert but unfazed at how close I was. Standing in a willow tree, no foliage back in January 2014.
Crinkly lichen growing on the trunk of a tree in Himley Plantation.