Beautiful demoiselle damselfly which was on its side on the surface of a country road near Wyken. Just after this picture was taken, it managed to right itself and fly off.
Small day-flying moth
Unidentified small moth on vegetation by the towpath near Castlecroft.
Young robin
This young robin came hopping very close to me early one morning.
Mass of mallow leaves
The leaves of a patch of mallow growing by the canal at Compton, doubled by reflection in the water.
Goslings eating grass, West Park
Goslings searching the ground for something to eat – most of them from a seated position.
The birds had been swimming in the boating lake
just a few minutes earlier.
Oak leaf with gall
Gall forming on the under-surface of a leaf on an oak tree on the edge of Barley Field.
Elderflowers, three views
Flowers growing on elders by the canal near Castlecroft.
A closer view of the florets.
Flowers high on one of the bushes seen from below.
Globe waterlilies flowering
Globe waterlilies flowering in a section of the Birmingham Canal very near to the water crowfoot pictured a couple of days ago.
Spider on a rosebud
Spider on a garden rosebud, waiting for prey to come along.
Bumble bee in a dog rose
Bee performing acrobatics to get at all the pollen in a dog rose on a bush in Barley Field.