The heather flowers were beginning to go over last week, but were still making a show on Highgate Common.
A lone bumble bee was prospecting for nectar.
The paler flowers below were in a small clump of heather on Toposcope Hill in Baggeridge Park.
The conifers behind the mill are on the edge of the Forestry Commission wood the Million, near Kinver.
A common bracket fungus, which grows on dead wood – here a tree which had been felled.
View from a bridle path across the valley of the river Stour to Kinver church on the first ridge over the village.
The slightest breeze was enough to add an arty blur to this close-up of autumnal leaves.
The Japanese acers which are planted at various spots in West Park have now begun to put on their annual display of autumn colour. What is noticeable is the variation between the displays of the different trees. I don’t know whether this is because they are different species, or that different parts of the park have different micro-climates. These pictures were all taken within a few minutes of one another last week.
