Robins pincushion, briar in a hedge

Robins pincushion, briar in a hedge

Robins pincushion, a reddish, hair-like growth on wild rose bushes like this one in the roadside hedge at the bottom of Pattingham hill. A gall caused by larvae of a wasp.

Robins pincushion, briar in a hedge

Devon reds, Wombourne

Devon reds, Wombourne

Devon red cows and calves in a field at Wombourne. I was told by passers-by that the herd are kept for showing.

Dunnock, Railway Walk, Compton

Dunnock, Railway Walk, Compton

Dunnock by the Railway Walk in the cutting at Compton. Didn’t fly off even though it saw me only a few yards away, so perhaps a young vird.

Green-veined white, alkanet

Green veined white

Green-veined white butterfly, feeding on alkanet flowers, holding its wings together and so showing the green veining on the underside.

The turtle moves

The turtle moves

The West Park turtle, still looking fine after appearing in them lake at the start of lockdown, moving out of the water onto the log where it suns itself all day.

Iodine boletes, Railway Walk, Lower Penn

Iodine boletes, Railway Walk, Lower Penn

This summer’s (small) crop of mushrooms seem to be dowminated by boletes, and especially lurid boletes. That’s what I originally identified these as. Thanks to @lukaslarge and @ProjectWHYUK for correcting, this time they are iodine boletes.

They were growing right by the side of the footpath on the Railway Walk at Lower Penn.