David

Distinctive colour of these purple beautyberries on a bush in West Park makes them stand out in contrast with the more usual shades of autumn.

These mushrooms, forming a fairy ring on a front lawn, were just a little too far for a definite identification. But they were probably snowy waxcaps.

Stand for just a few seconds on the shore of the West Park boating lake, and a crowd of waterfowl will converge, hoping for free food. These were stragglers, separated enough from the mass to get individual portraits.

The same set of West Park puddles which attracted the moorhens featured yesterday, also proving a draw for one of the resident magpies.

Solitary fly agaric mushroom under the shelter of one of the hedges in Bantock Park, the cap so thoroughly nibbled there was very little left.

Heavy rain leaves puddles, some quite deep, on some paths and lawns of West Park. Two moorhens, one still young, explore these waters.