Noticed by the canal yesterday, bulrush with half a dozen pond snails on its leaf. The snail in this series had reached the very tip of its leaf, and was carefully doing a three point turn go head back downwards.
The prince in a front garden
The prince, originally a woodland mushroom, can now occasionally be found in more urban settings. This cluster were growing in a front garden, half-hidden by flowers.
Grasses: flowering, seeds
Variations in the form of grass flowers and the subsequent seed heads: a small random sample.
Green veined white butterfly on buttercup
Green veined white butterfly settling briefly on a buttercup by the canal opposite the Wildside Centre.
Flags by the canal
Flag irises, flowers and flower buds, by the canal between the Wildside Centre and the water bridge.
Insects on a wall, Compton Hill
Bee and a small line of ants on a wall on Compton Hill Drive. The rough surface of the wall seemed to have niches which they were all uning as homes.
