Funnel cap mushrooms in the Old Nursery woods. Nothing had eaten any of them. Instead they were covered in mould, and steadily being eaten up.
David
Common darter dragonflies: males flying, Turner’s Field pond
More male common darters in flight defending their territories, this time on the pond in Turner’s Field.
Common darter dragonflies: male flying, Old Nursery pond
This set is of male common darters, flying to defend their territories along the margin of the Old Nursery pond.
Common darter dragonflies: male at rest
Several posts of pictures of red darter dragonflies on the two ponds near the Old Nursery in the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve. This is a male resting on a piece of chipboard in Old Nursery pond.
Common darter dragonflies: female resting on footpath
As last in the sequence, a female common darter (greenish, rather than red), resting on the gravel of the path around the Old Nursery pond.
Camera-shy young herring gull, West Park
Immature herring gull, West Park. It objected to having its picture taken, flew off to the middle of the water.