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Funnel-caps under conifers

Funnel-caps under conifers

Funnel-caps, possibly the accurately-named common funnel-caps, growing under conifers on a front lawn recently.

Funnel-caps under conifers

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Circular dining, a closer view

Circular dining, a closer view

Some of the winter squatters on West Park lake, shovellers feeding by swimming in tight circles to stir up their food. They usually do so well away from the shore, so on this occasion I took a more powerful lens for a closer view.

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Frosted fungus (hairy curtain crust)

Frosted fungus (hairy curtain crust)

Hairy curtain crust fungus, also known as false turkey tail, growing on a fallen tree trunk on Northycote Farm. The log and the edges of the fungus fruiting bodies were covered with frost crystals the morning this picture was taken.

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Tuftie winter gathering

Tuftie winter gathering

Tufted ducks gathering to ride out the winter on the lake at West Park. As the weeks go by, the numbers are edging up slowly.

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Groundsel, not on ground

Groundsel, not on ground

Groundsel and other plants growing from a gap between a stone and the mortar in the wall beside the main road at Undercliff, Bridgnorth.

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Crow bathing, Severn, Bridgnorth

Crow bathing, Severn, Bridgnorth

Carrion crow bathing in the Severn, in the shallow water by the shingle beach at the upstream apex of the Bylet at Bridgnorth, splashing around having a good clean.