Goldfinch busy eating seeds on a bird feeder outside a block of flats, not quite showing its head.
Autumn fungi flush – blackening waxcap
A blackening waxcap, caught as it was just about beginning to change colour. Right next to it there was a snowy waxcap.
Colours of autumn – ginkgoes going
A row of ginkgoes, planted along the pavement of Compton Road, opposite the former Eye Hospital. A welcome distraction from the continuing dereliction of the hospital.
Colours of autumn – crow high in tree
Brown leaves and blue sky and the glossy black feathers of a carrion crow high in a tree.
Autumn fungi flush – brackets on a felled trunk
An outbreak of small bracket fungi on the trunk of a tree which had been felled by the Railway Walk at Newbridge. It could be turkey tail, but the colours don’t look quite right.
Autumn fungi flush – some snowy waxcaps
Snowy waxcaps: the ones forcing their way through the carpet of fallen leaves looked like a lot fresher snow than those in short grass.