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Remains of a clump of glistening inkcaps (probably)

Remains of a clump of glistening inkcaps (probably)

Remains, mainly stems and black blobs where the caps had deliquesced, of a small clump of inkcap fungi growing amid the moss on a fallen tree trunk in Himley Plantation. From their size, they had probably been glistening inkcaps.

Remains of a clump of glistening inkcaps (probably)

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Ornamental grass seed heads, backlit, Castle Grounds

Ornamental grass seed heads, backlit, Castle Grounds

Seed heads of an ornamental grass in Bridgnorth Castle Grounds, lit from behind by morning sunlight.

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Hunched heron, West Park island shore

Hunched heron, West Park island shore

Heron standing hunched by the shore of island on West Park lake, probably being watched by another one high in nearby tree (see previous post and last picture in this sequence).

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Heron high in West Park tree, on the lookout and preening

Heron high in tree, on the lookout

Adult heron, a bird which can sometimes be seen on one of the islands on West Park lake, high in a willow on the island. It was spending some of the time peering intently downwards, possibly at another heron which was standing near the shoreline of the island, and preening vigorously.

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Puffball fungus, Himley Plantation

Earthball fungus, Himley Plantation

Puffball fungus among the leaf litter on the ground of the wood at Himley Plantation recently.

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Cotswold prospect: distant views – Chipping Campden and Broadway Tower

Cotswold prospect: distant view of Broadway Tower

Cotswold views from the path leading up to Dover’s Hill. Looking back down to the small market town of Chipping Campden, and along the scarp slope to where Broadway Tower marks a well-known outlook point.

Cotswold prospect: distant viewof Chipping Campden