David

Elderberries beginning to darken as they ripen. It looks like there may be a good crop this year.

Sweet chestnuts ripening on one of the trees in Bantock Park. Once ripe, these are the edible kind.

Sadly deceased, the body of a tawny owl lay by the Smestow Valley LNR Railway Walk, yesterday afternoon. I couldn’t see any obvious cause of death.

A candy-striped spider (Complex Enoplognatha ovata) guarding the web holding her eggs. On the underside of two hazel leaves, which were held together by the web.

Pavement mushroom (Agaricus bitorquis), so-called because they sometimes go through the tarmac of pavements Here growing in the earth around one of the trees lining a pavement.

Fruits on a spindle tree, still very unripe, still green like the background vegetation.