Known by more names than is good for it the Milk Thistle - Silybum marianum is a common weed or flower depending on your point of view. Famous of course as being the flower of Scotland it is also well known for being extremely prickly as anyone who has ever tried picking one will testify. This image is the result of a 13 image focus stack.
The stainless steel mooring post and attachment on a small lifeboat. A beautiful piece of engineering designed to save lives.
This ladybird's carapace is so shiny it reflects the blue hues of the bluebell, giving parts of it a distinctly purple tinge.
Hampton Loade is one of the stations on the Severn Valley Railway. The signal box with its mix of bright colours and heavyweight mechanical engineering make for a captivating scene that is utterly timeless. This image is a single shot taken in bright sunshine.
Sometimes the most overlooked of things are once you look, incredible. This is a single thistle head, turned to seed and will shortly set free countless potential new thistle plants.
Known by more names than is good for it the Milk Thistle - Silybum marianum is a common weed or flower depending on your point of view. Famous of course as being the flower of Scotland it is also well known for being extremely prickly as anyone who has ever tried picking one will testify. This image is the result of a 13 image focus stack.
A white tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) on a head of red clover. Bumblebees are of course fantastic pollinators and welcome visitors to the garden.
A white tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) on a head of red clover. Bumblebees are of course fantastic pollinators and welcome visitors to the garden.
One of Britain's largest beetles the cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) spends several years underground as a larvae before emerging around May which gives it its other common name - Maybug
One of the most recognisable fungi, the Fly Agaric - Amanita muscaria are often seen having been eaten by any number of wild animals yet this one - a good 4 inches across is the most perfect one I have ever seen.
One of the most recognisable fungi, the Fly Agaric - Amanita muscaria are often seen having been eaten by any number of wild animals yet this one - a good 4 inches across is the most perfect one I have ever seen..
One of Britain's largest beetles the cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) spends several years underground as a larvae before emerging around May which gives it its other common name - Maybug
