Category: David

The vivid reds of a Virginia creeper in autumn. This one is on the wall of the former lock keeper’s cottage at Wightiwick lock.

Bracket fungi growing on fallen branchesin Hawthorn Wood and Compton Rough.

Parasols: these large mushrooms have been having a good season. These were growing on a roadside patch of grass in Claverley.

Spikes of purple loosestrife growing by the canal, the flowers almost gone.

The same troop of sheathed woodtuft mushrooms featured in yesterday’s post, this time seen when they were still damp after overnight rain.

Purple loosestrife flowering, these plants growing on the far side of the canal near Meccano Bridge and being reflected in the water.