Category: David

Drake muscovy duck, a long term resident of the upper lake at Perton. For once, it was acting reclusive as if reluctant to have its picture taken, first hiding and then retreating.

Puffballs growing at the bases of trees. The group clustering together were by the side of Albert Road; the singleton by the main drive into Bantock Park.

Variant forms of lion doorknocker that caught my attention on my travels.

A selection of individual weather vanes and doorknockers for Christmas. The distinctive eagle from the lectern of a church in Nottingham’s Lace market area has sneaked into the set.

Lots of big carp, dimly visible through the water of the upper pool at Perton, busy feeding on the bottom.

In parts of eastern Europe, carp is a traditional Christmas dish, the centre piece of a Christmas Eve feast.

Growing by the footpath, in one of the beds between the upper pool and the shopping centre at Perton, some tawny funnel cap mushrooms.