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Squirrel prowling on the ground, West Park

Squirrel prowling on the ground, West Park

Squirrel prowling along the ground in West Park. Some of the fallen leaves from the maple in the previous two posts are scattered around among more numerous ones from an oak.

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Squirrel in maple tree, West Park

Squirrel in maple, West Park

Squirrel clinging to one of the branches of the West Park maple featured in the previous post.

Squirrel in maple, West Park

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Autumn colours: maple, West Park

Autumn colours: maple, West Park

Bright red autumn colours of the leaves of a maple tree growing near the West Park lake recently.

Autumn colours: maple, West Park

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Dead man’s finger fungi on fallen wood

Dead man's finger fungi on fallen wood

One for Halloween: fungus with the ghoulish name of dead man’s fingers. It’s quite common in the autumn, usually growing, as here, on dead or dying wood.

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Sow, Northycote, rooting deeply

Sow, Northycote, rooting deeply

Young Gloucester old spot sow at Northycote Farm, rooting in the soil right up to the full length of its snout. The ground right across the enclosure showed signs of earlier rooting activity.

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Devon interlude, September 2016: Patch of cyclamen on a compost heap

Patch of cyclamen on a compost heap

Patch of cyclamen flowering as it grew on a compost heap, the seeds presumably having been caught up in some compost when it was thrown out.