David

The upright coral fungus is one of many fungi which grow on dead wood, often on wood hidden underground.

This one was growing among the undergrowth beneath the hedge by the towpath heading into the countryside beyond Castlecroft.

Male chaffinch taking a pause in his eating from a seed feeder at Northycote Farm.

Spider on the trunk of a tree at Northycote Farm.

This is probably a female, looking fat because she was swollen with eggs.

West Park squirrel nibbling at a piece of bread. It ate some of the crust and left the rest.

Flower on one of the mahonia bushes near the bridge over the West Park lake.

The flowers add a touch of colour when they come out from the late autumn.

Mushrooms growing from the wall of the front garden of a house on Tettenhall Road, and in the garden behind the wall.