A bumblebee and several tiny black beetles attracted to the rich food source on a thistle flower in the wildflower meadow at Bantock Park.
Tiny moorhen chick, recently emerged
Tiny moorhen chick seen on the canal near the Wildside Centre yesterday. Probably emerged from its egg that same morning.
Cornflowers, wildflower meadow, Bantock Park
Cornflowers growing in the wildflower meadow of Bantock Park recently.
Beautiful demoiselles, possibly immature males
Beautiful demoiselles damselflies at rest on vegetation over a small stream. Some pictures are probably immature males, others perhaps female.
Small black beetles on poppy, Bantock Park
A poppy flower in the wildflower meadow at Bantock Park, once again proving attractive to several insects at once. This time, tiny black beetles.
Bladderwrack, tide out
Bladderwrack seaweed witout its covering of water when the tide had receded. On the rocks next to the causeway to St Michael’s Mount it was competing with other seaweeds. On the stones of St Ives harbour it formed what looked from the distance like one continuous carpet.