xEvery autumn, little grebes return to the canal between Oxley and Wightwick to overwinter before heading off again in the spring to their breeding territories.
This was the first one I spotted this year, busy fishing not far from the water bridge.
Roll rims are common fungi in summer through to autumn, growing in grassy areas in association with trees – a wide variety of deciduous or coniferous species.
Ivy, one of the few plants still flowering into the autumn, attracts a lot of insects. This comma butterfly was on a bush which also had red admirals and a lot of bees.
Early morning dew still remaining as fine drops on bullrush leaves. The smallest droplets show traces of one or another colour of the rainbow.
Lawyers wig (shaggy inkcap) when about half the cap had disappeared once the spores had been released. The same mushroom was previously pictured when it had just about grown to its full height.
Shovellers: ducks with beaks which widen to a spoon shape as they get to then end. They use them to plough through the water, dabbling for food just below the surface.
This pair have been on the West Park lake recently. The male was still in eclipse plumage, and not easy to distinguish from the female.