Waterlily flowers, half-hidden in a profusion of leaves, growing on a mill pond.
Young green woodpecker in field
Young green woodpecker in the middle of field, busy bending down and presumably eating lots of ants.
Green, red, black: elderberries ripening
Elderberries showing every stage of ripening in the same cluster, the colours ranging from green, through red to the near black of the ripe or almost ripe berries.
Meadow brown butterfly resting on nettle leaf
Meadow brown butterfly warming itself in the morning sun, resting on nettle leaf in Compton Rough.
Large bracket fungus, high on ash tree trunk
Large bracket fungus with large pores on its under-surface, growing high on the trunk of aN ash tree in Baggeridge Country Park.
Gatekeeper on knapweed, Baggeridge
Gatekeeper butterfly feeding on knapweed flowers in the open space by Lydiates Wood, Baggeridge Country Park.
