September, a quiet time for garden flowers. But the gardeners at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust have planned continuing colour for the month. These (mainly) flowers were in the gardens of the Shakespeare Birthplace and New Place in Stratford on Avon, and Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery.
Another of the English longhorn cows on Mary Arden’s Farm, this one with a recently born calf, the pair housed under cover.
Mary Arden’s Farm, at Wilmcote outside Stratford on Avon, has a collection of traditional breeds of livestock. These English longhorn cattle were stretching out in the sun on a warm autumn morning recently.
Male banded demoiselle damselfly resting on vegetation, overlooking the stretch of canal which forms its territory.
Comma butterfly on a bramble, eating the blackberries. Yards away there was another one on a nettle, sunning itself.
Clump of common inkcap mushrooms which were growing next to a patch of nettles at Newbridge.