From a distance it looked like a couple of miniature boulders; closer, the fungus seemed rather dried up as it grew on the cut surface of the stump of a large tree by one of the footpaths on the Perton estate.
A lot of butterflies were around during the warm spell at the end of March. This comma spent some time warming itself resting in the middle of a small bed of nettles.
The Smestow valley pair were rising on a thermal near to Barley Field. As usual, I only managed to get the camera out just before they gained enough height to fly off in search of prey.