The reds and yellows of this liquidambar by the lake in West Park did look a bit like those of a particularly vivid flame, especially when reflected in the low waves on the surface of the water.
Autumn fungi flush – circled milkcap
These circled milkcap mushrooms were growing under hornbeams by the side of a quiet residential street. Mklkcaps are a set of mushrooms which exude a white fluid when damaged. This species has caps zoned in rings in different shades of grey. It’s a species found under deciduous trees, particularly hornbeam.
Autumn fungi flush – fly agaric minus a slice
A lone fly agaric mushroom in Bantock Park, possibly the last one which is likely to emerge this year. A wedge had somehow been removed from the cap, reminding me of a pizza from which one slice had been taken.
Colours of autumn – two herons, West Park
Two herons on the same island on West Park lake. Both were on the same side of the island, getting the full benefit of the morning sun.
The bird in the willow tree had already been in a similar spot a few times in the previous weeks, but I hadn’t seen the one on the ground before.
Colours of autumn – sloes
Ripe sloes on a blackthorn bush, which also had a healthy growth of lichens along the branches.
Autumn fungi flush – whitish bracket fungus
A white bracket fungus growing prolifically on a fallen tree in a wooded area of the Stratford on Avon Recreation Ground.