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A large holly bush on the outskirts of Berkswells, which seemed almost covered with a vigorous growth of ivy. The ripe holly berries just peeping out, the ivy berries also ripening. It all looked a suitable subject for Christmas.

All that remains of one of the rosebay willowherb plants in Compton Rough as winter starts.

Buzzard circling over the Railway Walk at Compton as it rides a thermal to head off on its first hunt of the morning.

One of the West Park tufted ducks watching me suspiciously, as it is reflected in the gently rippling water of the boating lake.

Starting to flower as autumn turns to winter, fatsia. There are several bushes scattered around West Park. These pictures are of the same group of flowers from different angles.

Lone fly agaric toadstool I noticed at the start of this month, growing in the grounds of Compton Hospice right by the main road. December is a little late for mushrooms of this species.

The first two pictures in this set are of the same mushroom, taken from slightly different angles. They were taken on December 1st, probably the day it emerged. The other pictures are of the same mushroom three days later, again from two different angles.

It was only when I got home and compared the pictures that I realised there had been any growth at all.