Poppy growing in the wildflower meadow at Bantock Park, with several of a tiny species of hoverfly visiting at the same time.
Pink on green: ragged robin flowers
The pink of ragged robin flowers, with their ragged-looking petals.
Snail on an umbellifer stem
Large snail which was on the move down the stem of an umbellifer on a rainy day.
Egret with long plume, fishing
Little egret fishing, showing its long plume. In Victorian times, the birds were hunted because these plumes were used to decorate ladies’ hats. In 1889 this provoked the founding of the Plumage League, ancestor of today’s RSPB.
Chicory flowers
The delicate blue flowers of chicory. Roasted chicory roots are sometimes used as a subistiute for coffee, as a replacement or addition to the real thing.
Egret stalking
Little egret on the edge of the River Exe, stalking prey. Every few steps it lunged, paused to swallow the small fish it had caught, they carried on stepping.
