Poppy on its own flowering on the edge of Barley Field a few days ago.
Bryony, Saltwells
Bryony climbing to the top of a hedge on the Saltwells Nature Reserve in Quarry Bank.
Views from toposcope hill
From Toposcope Hill in Baggeridge Country Park the closest hills are the Clents.
The whale-back ridge of the Wrekin is distinctive.
The dome of the air traffic control radar on Brown Clee was just about visible through the heat haze the day this picture was taken.
Titterstone Clee.
The Long Mynd is … long.
Teal drake, West Park
The showy plumage of Britain’s smallest duck species.
Teal on West Park lake, pictured just before it went into eclipse.
Hanging by a thread
Insect, apparently levitating in mid-air. It’s caught on a single strand of spider silk.
Water crowfoot flowers
Water crowfoot, now flowering in the Birmingham Canal near Wolverhampton city centre.
The recent vandalism which has closed the Wolverhampton section of the canal to traffic while the lock was being repaired seems to have meant less disturbance for the vegetation growing in the water.
Thistle flower, Wyken
Flower from the same thistle as this partially-opened one. The flower is circled by spider silk.
Ducklings, Perton pool
Young ducklings, still at the cute and fluffy stage, swimming on Perton pool.
Chicken of the woods, East Park
Profuse bracket fungus growing on a tree stump in the Dell in East Park.
It was there for at least a week before someone kicked it to a pulp.
