Passing along the pavement outside the Paget Road site of Wolverhampton College a few days ago, it would be easy to mistake this giant puffball for a half-deflated football. Some kind of small creature had not made that mistake, and had a good go at eating it.
A gall from a knopper wasp, one of the various types which are found on oak trees, usually towards autumn. This was on a tree on the steep northern bank of the Barley Field.
Heron on one of the islands in the West Park lake, fishing. It was too far away to see what it was managing to catch.
Two other herons were also loitering in the vicinity, looking on suspiciously.
These pictures have been hanging fire since late August. But when I visited the park a few days ago, a heron was showing on the same stretch of shoreline.
As autumn approached, most acorns began to swell as they ripened. A spell of wet weathr meant some rotted before they were ripe.
Still not getting many photo-ops, but there’s a few subjects still pending from before I broke my knee. These long horn cattle were grazing on Christ Church meadow in Oxford, back when it was still summer.
This picture once again from the same walk on Sunday. It was a beautiful sunny November morning, and so cold early on, with lots of dew on the grass and other vegetation. This mound of moss on the top of a wall caught my eye, and was at a convenient height for a close-up.
More posts when I have the chance – there’s a lot of medical appointments in the near future.