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A fungus which looks like short stalks, less than an inch high, which lead nowhere. Often found in short grass such as mossy lawns.

These were growing near to one of the pools in Wightwick Manor garden.

View along the canal from the towpath opposite the Wildside Acitivity Centre. The bridge in the background is the aqueduct carrying the Smestow across the canal.

Two views of Alderley Junction, where the Birmingham Canal comes down to meet the Staffs & Worcs.

Frost-encrusted fallen leaves in East Park earlier this month.

This damsel fly seemed to be watching me as calmly as I was looking at it.

It was taking a rest on an alder leaf next to the river just outside les Eyzies

Unlike the males, female adonis blue butterflies don’t immediately strike the eye as blue.

Like many creatures, the female colouring is one which is less likely to be noticed by predators. Look closely at the thorax – there is a bluish tinge.

(The thorax is the section of the body behind the head. It’s the bit that the wings and the legs are connected to.)

A seasonal-flavoured subject. I was surprised to find a mistletoe plant growing within Wolverhampton’s city limits, by a side road off Finchfield Hill. It was probably planted deliberately.

The picture was taken about a month ago.