Category: David

Seen earlier today: trooping crumblecap mushrooms, also know as fairies bonnet inkcaps, forcing their way through the tarmac of a pavement right at the foot of a garden wall.

Heron featured in the previous post, now flying off upstream along the canal towards Compton Lock when it decided that someone walking a dog was a little too close.

Heron hunting for something to eat as it stood on reeds by the canal at the back of Compton recently.

Masses on pollen on the flowers of reeds by the size of the large pool at Perton.

Dandelions attracting insects: one with a hoverfly, another nearby with some sort of fly.

The extraordinary contortions of a pair of swans on their morning preening exercise. The pair were on the canal in the shadow of Horden Road.