David

A close view of the seeds ripening on a purple loosestrife- this one was growing by the pond in Compton Park.

Another version of the same shot. I thought the background was intrusive in the original version, so for once I used an image editor for something more extensive than cropping in on the main points of interest. I’m not sure which version I prefer.

Another splash of October colour from an autumn-flowering plant in a front garden: a clematis tangutica on Richmond Road.

Many brittlestem mushrooms, possibly red edge brittlestem (Psathyrella corrugis) growing on wood chip mulch in Bantock Park. There were a few pleated inkcaps nearby.

As I was in the area anyway, I went for a second look at the collared earth stars on Compton Hill. In the two days since my previous visit, a couple of new fruiting bodies had emerged, looking like they had not yet completely opened. I couldn’t see any signs of change in the fruiting bodies which had already been there.

Magnolia in autumn, buds developing for a second flowering of the year. On a bush in the front garden of a house facing on to Bantock Park.

Nuthatch, tiny, at the base of one of the Nantock Park trees. It had climbed down the trunk, as is their wont, with something in its beak. Perhaps it was a nut. It banged it agaist the roots, two or three times. A pause, then the bird flew off.