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Ripening yew berries high in the tree, seen against a cloudless autumn sky.

Fly agarics: one of the most distinctive and most noticeable mushroom species.

I’ve been a regular in West Park for almost forty years, and never seen them there before.

These are from the second patch I’ve seen there this autumn.

It’s been a good season for several fungi species.

Fly agarics are one of the species which have been more widespread and numerous than normal.

They have started appearing a bit earlier than usual as well.

Clump of sulfur tuft mushrooms in West Park. They grow on dead wood, though this is often hidden underground.

More horse chestnuts taking on autumn colours earlier than the other native trees. These were on the Upper Green at Tettenhall.

Water boatmen: long-legged insects skimming across the surface of still water, supported by surface tension.

Robin in Bantock Park, possibly a young bird, visible through foliage, and on the ground right by my feet.