Spider’s webs stretched along the tops of plants growing at the edge of the canal, early enough in the morning that the autumn sun hadn’t yet had time to warm away the dew. These webs didn’t have any sign of the spider living in them.
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Young fly agarics, Bantock Park
Recently emerged fly agaric mushrooms under the trees at Bantock Park, not yet disturbed either by human vandals or hungry animals.
Heron on the railing round West Park boating island, turning its back to avoid the people out for a stroll on a sunny day.
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Emerging brightly, orange grisette
The strongly orange colour of the cap of orange grisette mushrooms as they are just beginning to emerge from the soil. Pictures of more mature specimens of the same species taken at the same time and place here.
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First dabchick of the autumn
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.
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Roll-rim in short grass
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.
