Young heron in the stream carrying cleaned water from the Barnhurst Farm sewage works, just along from Autherley Junction. The bird was hunting with great concentration.
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Lime seeds hanging down
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Fruit or seeds on a lime tree – linden, not the citrus.
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Cluster of fairies bonnets at base of tree
Fairiesbonnets are small inkcap mushrooms which grow in tightly packed clusters, here at the base of a tree by the Smestow Valley Railway Walk.
Half-grown cygnet using its flexible neck to turn its head back to groom its wing feathers.
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But they look like berries
Yew “berries” are actually modified cones containing a single seed (0ne can be seen peeping out in this picture) covered by a fleshy aril.
The bright red of the aril as the seed ripens contrasts with the continuing green of the leaves as autumn sets in.
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Bird of little brain
Male pheasant, its tiny head just big enough for an escape strategy of flying away slowly and noisily to make a perfect target for a shotgun.