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Autumn colour: liquidambar, West Park

Autumn colour: liquidambar, West Park

Autumn colours in the foliage of a liquidambar tree reflected in the lake at West Park.

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Autumn fungi: clitocybe species

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Clitocybe (funnelcap) species mushrooms growing on a grassy bank under trees right beside the ring road.

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Smestow at Wightwick

Smestow at Wightwick

Smestow Brook looking downstream at Wightwick, with an ivy-covered fallen tree trunk lying across the water.

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Fat squirrel on rotting tree stump

Fat squirrel on rotting tree stump

This squirrel is fat. Some of the ones in West Park are now being given a lot more peanuts than are good for them. This one was watching me from a rotting tree stump, hoping to be fed some more.

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Smestow and canal from Railway Walk

Smestow and canal from Railway Walk

Smestow Brook and canal, both visible where they run alongsidde each other by the Railway Walk, just a few yards from Meccano Bridge.

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Great white egret flying off, Doxey

Great white egret flying off, Doxey

Great white egret at Doxey Marsh, already featured in yesterdays post, now flying off out of sight, its silhouette showing the huge long beak and trailing legs before it disappeared.