One of the greylag geese on West Park boating lake, attracted to the shore by someone throwing bread for the birds.
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Frosted thistle
A sight which probably won’t be on show many more times until next year now. A thistle with its new growth covered in early-morning frost.
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Yew flowering, West Park
Female flowers on one of the yew trees in West Park. The male flowers grow on separate trees.
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Columnar fungus
Fungus with a shape resembling a miniature column about a centimetre high, with a depression at the top. I haven’t been able to find anything looking even vaguely similar to in the field guides I have.
It was growing on the top of a tree stump by the gateway at Compton Hospice, alongside the commoner turkey tail fungus.
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Greater celandine leaves
Water from overnight rain sprinkled on the leaves of a patch of greater celandine leaves growing by the towpath at Wightwick Mill Lock earlier in the month.
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Reed bunting
Reed bunting – one of two which were showing interest in one another – high in a tree.