Category: David

Ball-shaped fungi with a warty surface: earthballs. These were in a Forestry Commission wood near Enville.

Tree on the grassy area opposite Finchfield Library, with leaves which were turning vivid autumnal colours before the end of September.

Last year, the weather meant that most hedgerow bushes had poor crops of berries.

This year seems set for making up for it, as with the haws reddening on hawthorns all around.

The dull red-brown of dock seeds as they ripen on the plant.

Horse’s hoof is a bracket fungus with long-lasting fruiting bodies. As these age, they harden and darken so that they begin to look a little like the aforementioned appendage.

These must have only recently appeared.

Diadem spider, also know as the cross spider (from a pattern on its back) or the European garden spider.

They become particularly noticeable as autumn approaches. The females, like this one, grow large as egg time gets near.