The amount of pollen in the pollen baskets casts doubt on whether this bee would have been able to carry it all back home, but still she kept gathering more.
Growing almost to eye level in the field behind Compton lock on the Staffs and Worcs canal.
Its watchful position in the middle of a small reed bed gave this heron the confidence to ignore the constant stream of people along the towpath on the opposite bank of the Staffs and Worcs canal.
This mushroom was growing on a pile of wood chips which appeared to have been dumped on a grassy verge.
The view across the lowest pool in Baggeridge Country Park on 12th October.
Categories
Earth Star
Geastrum triplex, to give it its official name, is one fungus which would be missed by someone just on the lookout for the classic toadstool shape.
This one disperses its spores through the hole visible in the centre.
This post, along with the harlequin ladybird and the dead man’s fingers, with thanks to the Wildside Activity Centre Fungi Foray, led by Sue Shanks.