Lichen growing on the near-vertical face of the sandstone by Lavington’s Hole in Bridgnorth, sufficiently long-established to help form a base for other plants to begin to colonise the rocky surface.
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Verdigris mushrooms in roadside grass
Verdigris mushrooms have a greenish colour which looks much more like the copper patina than the surface of any healthy living thing. The greenish colour fades or gets washed away as the fungus gets older.
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Lichen jungle
Lichens growing on a pondside stone. In close-up looking like a miniature exotic jungle.
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Round hips
Ripening rose hips – in this variety they looked almost spherical
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Pausing on migration: wheatear
A wheatear takes a break in the vegetation of Berry Head (at the southern end of Torbay) on its autumn migration.
The bird was off to warmer climes for the winter early last month.
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Teazle seedheads, backlit, with webbing
Teazles growing on rough ground at the edge of Wolverhampton Science Park, heavily colonised by small spiders.
