Wildlife from Wolverhampton and nearby
Two female goosanders, seen at Bridgnorth’s bylet on the same day as the female with her ducklings. One spent most of her time in the Severn in the lee of the shingle bank (the first couple of photos are looking down at her from the heights of Castle Walk), later coming ashore to continue preening.
Pair of dandelions, seeds ripening, a.k.a. dandelion clocks, developing in time with one another.
Tortoiseshell butterfly with its long proboscis extended into a dandelion flower, busy feeding on the nectar.
Currant galls on oak catkins and leaves. Created when spangle gall wasps (Neuroterus quercusbaccarum)lay their eggs in the catkins or the undersides of leaves of oak trees.
Comma butterflies resting on leaves or on the ground, spreading wings for warming sun before starting to fly in the morning.
The mass of white flowers on the wisteria draped across one of the houses on the Cartway at Bridgnorth last month.