Wolves Wild

Burdocks caught just as the flowers were going over. It is (or was) the roots of the plant used to make the soft drink.

Gatekeeper butterfly resting on a hawthorn bush as it uses the morning sunshine to get warm enough to be active.

Horse chestnuts beginning to ripen – these were on a tree by the path at the edge of Northycote Farm.

I’m presuming this must have been a young bird: it seemed unconcerned even though it knew I was nearby, much closer than jackdaws usually tolerate.

One flower already open, and another about to, on a shrub of a hibiscus species.

It’s a classic travel brochure shot, but I couldn’t resist the sight of these small fishing boats and their reflections in the calm waters of the harbour in the French resort of Cassis.

Last time I visited Northycote Farm one of the ducks looking like it had just finished smearing its chest feathers in mud.

Dwarveshatstand, or policeman’s helmet, or Himalayan balsam, flowering. Look out for this tall weed by a canal near you.

Last month’s full moon rises over a former chateau (now luxury apartments) on a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean.

Blue-tailed damselfly resting on vegetation hanging over the canal at Castlecroft.