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Pendeford Mill Local Nature Reserve recently, with the leaves of many of the trees beginning to turn to their autumn colours.

Heron standing on the wall of a side pool of the outlet to Barnhurst Farm (Wolverhampton Sewage Works) intently looking for fish and poised to act as soon as it sees one.

Bright, even gaudy, autumn leaf colour from a small selection of the Japanese acers in West Park.

Russulas, sometimes called brittlegills, are a genera of mushrooms many of which are fairly large and strongly coloured. Common yellow russulas are indeed one of the commoner species of this genera. Their pale yellow colour means they are not always easy to spot among the leaf litter of deciduous woods in autumn, where the fruiting bodies can be found.

Tall horse chestnut near the West Park lake, with its leaves turning yellow prior to dropping off the tree and the colours reflected in the water of the lake.

Deeply gnarly: a fallen tree trunk, with no sign of any remaining bark, resting on the ground in Himley Plantation.