Common Nature

Bee-bum do-bee-do-bee-do bee-bum! /jazz bumble bee

Bees are essential. Without bees we are nothing. :-)

The copper beech leaves begin copper and translucent in spring but, like green beeches, they soon darken and become opaque. In summer they're a magnificent dark shiny red-purple colour like this:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copper_Beech_Trees_on_Dick%27s_Lane_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2091034.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rape_Field_with_Copper_Beech_tree.JPG

And then they change again for autumn. Stunning. I love the yellow/ emerald/ dark green/ orange/ brown cycle of green beeches too though.

I think that's a mallard creche, yes, with ALL THE DUCKLINGS! :-)