Footprints in the mud

Foot prints in the mud of the river Severn. Tracks going round in circles, and those who made them.

When the leaves fall from the trees

When the leaves fall from the trees, small details are revealed. Here is a small birds nest, hidden from view until now.

Wildlife of Bradley Stoke - Platycheirus albimanus

Platycheirus albimanus - a type of hoverfly.

Wildlife of Bradley Stoke - Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

Wildlife of Bradley Stoke - Rose Sawfly (Arge pagana)

Note the different sized abdomen's - male and female perhaps?

Wildlife of Bradley Stoke - Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis)

Wildlife of Bradley Stoke - Eristalis pertinax