Recent spells of heavy rain have meant another burst of summer fungi. This lurid bolete on a front lawn had already been heavily nibbled when I noticed it. The culprits were most likely slugs or snails.
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Long-legged lookout
Another visit to West Park, with the heron once again on a favoured perch. This time it was stretching so tall it almost looked like it was on stilts.
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Ripening sloe-ly
Sloes on one of the thick hedge of blackthorn bushes at the edge of the Barley Field, still unripe.
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Perton’s muscovy drake
Hadn’t seen any signs of the muscovy duck drake on the lake at Perton for several month. Finally, one morning recently, there he was right by the fence in the feeding area where the Penk flows into the pool.
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Runner bean flowers
Runner bean flowers, glowing bright orange in morning sunlight.
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Half-grown ducklings, Old Nursery Pond
Young ducks, not yet full sized but already in their adult plumage. Swimming by the flowering water lilies on Old Nursery Pond.