Large numbers of fruiting bodies of ear fungus. They were growing along the branches of an elder tree, their preferred host, on the edge of Compton Rough.
The particular branch these were on was just above my head level.
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As I’m preparing this post, the first real cold spell of winter has set in. Yet still the rain seems interminable. Depressing, even for those of us not living in parts of the country devastated by floods caused by excessive rain and human mismanagement.
So here are a few pictures of a cute fluffy chick. This cygnet was one of a brood raised by swans on West Park lake a couple of years ago.
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Amber jelly roll fungus on a twig
Amber jelly roll fungus, or possibly one of several other very similar looking jelly fungus species, was growing on the same twig in Compton Rough as some golden jelly fungus.
One of the geese currently living on West Park lake, probably a Canada goose / Chinese goose cross. The bird has a distinctive line of white feathers outlining its bill.
Candle snuff fungus growing in an unreachable spot, half-hidden by taller vegetation under a hedge by the side of a canal towpath.
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I’m not fishing
Moorhen standing on the protective rail around the West Park boating lake.