Some kind of bracket fungus growing on one of the whitebeams on a quiet residential street. It’s still fairly young. It may develop markings later, and make it easier to identify its species.
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Bracket fungus growing on a whitebeam
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Cotoneaster berries ripening
It’s getting to be that time of year when the various sorts of fruits and berries start to fatten up and to change colour as a visible sign of how ripe they are. These were on a cotoneaster in the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve at Newbridge.
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Preening heron on West Park willow
The first heron we’ve seen in West Park for some time: probably the first this year. It was on one of the fallen willows on the island, a popular perching point for visiting herons, busy preening its feathers. By the next day it had gone.
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Sugar stealer trapped
A sugar stealer: feathery wind dispersed seed, possibly from a willowherb, trapped a few inches from the soil by the vegetation it landed in.
The honey bees preferred to gather from water mint (yesterdays’ post). Bumble bees were all on those teazles which were still flowering. This teazle was also distinctive in having white flowers: most, including plants near this one, are purple.
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Lurking frog
A frog lurking in a garden, half-hidden by grass and other vegetation.
