Turning red as they ripen in hedgerows, rose hips and bryony berries.
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Flower of a water mint growing at the edge of the Compton Park pool. As I was taking the pictures a small insect came to visit.
Not so much coming through the wall as forcing their way through the tarmac of a pavement: trooping crumblecap mushrooms, also called fairies bonnet inkcaps.
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Hoverflies and a wasp on ivy flowers
Ivy flowering, late August. Lots of hoverflies feeding on the nectar A wasp got in as the subject of one of the pictures
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Ear fungus on dead elder branch
Ear fungus on a dead elder branch by the Smestow Valley Railway Walk at Newbridge.
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Common darter resting, wings forward
Common darter dragonfly resting from patrolling its territory, with its wings pointing forwards. This was one of the first dragonflies I photographed, back in 2009.
