David

Turkey tail fungus spreading up the trunk of a fallen tree in Bantock Park – the same trunk sheltering the snowdrops in the previous post.

One group of the snowdrops in the grounds of Bantock Park had ended up in a sheltered spot, half-hidden under the arch of a fallen tree trunk.

Magpie flying off as it fled from me, to the safety of one of the trees in West Park.

Lesser celandines flowering usually marks the arrival of spring weather. These first few lone pioneers earlier this month were in or on the edge of Old Nursery Wood.

Look carefully wherever large numbers of mallards gather, like the lake at West Park. In among them, there’s quite likely to be one or two birds which are the result of an encounter between a mallard and some other species of duck.

On my most recent visit to Old Nursery Wood, there seemed to be patches of glistening inkcap mushrooms, recently sprung up in various spots.