Common nature and a rare beetle

[spiralsheep]

Probably Selatosomus aeneus, a rare-ish "click" beetle in metallic turquoise and blue armour.



Holly flowers and bee bum. This is how holly berries happen.



Bluebells and copper beech.



Bracken frond unfurling.



Mallard duck and ducklings.

Comments

[spiralsheep]

Thank you! The photos are an accumulation over a couple of weeks. I think the mallard ducks are running some sort of creche system (I know starlings do this) so those TEN ducklings might be from more than one brood of a similar age.