Sulfur tuft, West Park

Sulfur tuft, West Park

Clump of sulfur tuft mushrooms in West Park. They grow on dead wood, though this is often hidden underground.

Water boatmen

Water boatmen

Water boatmen: long-legged insects skimming across the surface of still water, supported by surface tension.

Water boatmen

Robin, Bantock Park

Robin, Bantock Park

Robin in Bantock Park, possibly a young bird, visible through foliage, and on the ground right by my feet.

Robin, Bantock Park

Mouldy mushroom

Mouldy mushroom

Old and somewhat battered mushroom growing in leaf litter in one of the beds in West Park, itself supporting a growth of mould.

Common earthball with spores

Common earthball with spores

Earthball which has been split open, with the spores all spread out in the immediate vicinity instead of being dispersed.