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Autumn leaves of native species aren’t as vivid as some exotics imported from elsewhere. I noticed these while walking down suburban streets.

As the bluetit was making repeated forays at some fat balls (post below), a coal tit opting for peanuts instead.

Bluetit on repeated visits to a fatball feeder. On each visit, it grabbed one seed which it carried away to eat on a nearby twig before returning for another.

Tiny ivy bonnet mushrooms growing in short grass on a front lawn. The acorn cup and fallen leaves show scale.

Dunnock looking round carefully to check whether everything is safe before going to eat peanuts from a squirrel-proof holder.

Another visit to Bantock Park. By the beech hedge, a fly agaric mushroom, the cap not yet flattened. Another one earby, kicked over, showing the gills on the lower surface of the cap, and the stem with its ring half way down.