Category: David

Ginger cat striding along a boat in the forecourt of the former Compton Boatyard, then pausing to clean itself.

Bonnet mycenae growing on wood mulch beside the Severn at Bridgnorth, and mushrooms of another mycena species half-hidden by grass under the hedge by the canal at Castlecroft.

Buzzard perched high in a treetop in Peasley Wood, seen from Wightwick Lock.

Coneflowers, seen as their flowering season comes to an end the petals begin to droop. I liked the colours and textures of these, growing in the Women’s Institute garden of the Castle Grounds, Bridgnorth.

Young blackbird searching for, and finding, invertebrates in a patch of short grass.

Red admirals have been the butterfly this autumn. Here are some more, warming themselves in the sun while resting on hawthorn leaves, on a footpath and on a branch high in a willow tree.