Category: David

Straw bales stacked up, for once not sealed in the ubiquitous black plastic. A fresh sprouting of grass on the top of the bales breaks the regularity of the pattern.

A pair of sheep industriously muching up grass while keeping in the shade of an oak. Another footpath crossing a nearby field, where one of the flock was keeping me under observation.

These parasol mushrooms must have been around for some time undisturbed – neither kicked over, nor nibbled by any of the woodland fauna.

One of the Northycote Farm flock of jackdaws, patches of white in its feathers. It was searching for morsels to eat on the ground of one of the pig enclosures, then perching on one of the fence posts nearby.

Little Japanese umbrella, a delicate mushroom showing signs of age, growing on wood mulch by the Severn at Bridgnorth.

A footpath along the edge of a field of maize, almost ready for harvesting. Pictures of cobs, ripening about half way up the plants; remains of male flowers at the top, and triffid-like roots emerging from the soil.