The Prince, a largeish mushroom, grows every year on the lawn of the one-time Customs and Excise building on Tettenhall Road. This year I only caught the fungus when the examples were somewhat nibbled and battered.
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Another tiny snail on reed leaf
Another tiny snail on one of the leaves of the growing mass of reed in the shallows of the pool in Compton Park.
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Willowherb flowering, close-up
Close-ups of the flowers of one of the willowherbs. The plants were growing in the marshy ground at the edge of Compton Park pool, right by the footbridge.
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Coot and heron playing Simon says
Heron, poised for hunting on a rail, and coot on its nest on one of the West Park islands. By coincidence, each of them was caught in a similar stance, looking like they were playing a game of “Simon says …”
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Bugle flowers
Bugle plants hugging close to the ground, covering a patch like a carpet, with the flowers rising to the dizzy heights of almost an inch
Coot with its nest in the middle of the water lily patch on the anglers’ pool in Fowler’s Park.
A moorhen was watching the coot as closely as I was.