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Common agrimony, Compton Park

Common agrimony, Compton Park

Common agrimony growing, and flowering, by the pond in Compton Park.

Common agrimony, Compton Park
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Onion earthballs

Onion earthballs

A clump of onion earthballs – can you see the supposed resemblance to onions?

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Mass of chicken of the wood

Mass of chicken of the wood

Chicken of the woods is a bracket fungus, which causes brown rot in the trees it grows on. It’s also a target for the fungi foragers – though not this particular growth, which comes back each year on a fallen willow on the edge of the island in the West Park lake.

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Moth resting on a window

Moth resting on a window

A moth, species unidentified, resting up for the day on a window.

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Teazle seed heads, Compton Park

Teazle seed heads, Compton Park

The flowering season almost over, the teazles on the pond at Compton Park with their seed heads beginning to ripen.

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Marsh fly on a bulrush leaf

Marsh fly on a bulrush leaf

Bright red fly resting on one of the bulrush leaves on the Compton Park pool, seemingly little worried by the camera’s near approach for these close-up shots.